“We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
“Artist or no-artist, I can't pass up a piece of fried chicken when I see one.”
― Visions of Gerard
― Visions of Gerard
“I actually got so drunk I wrapped myself around the toilet bowl of the Scollay Square Cafe and got pissed and puked on all night long by a thousand sailors and seamen and when I woke up in the morning and found myself all covered and caked and unspeakably dirty I just like a good old Boston man walked down to the Atlantic Avenue docks and jumped into the sea.”
― Vanity of Duluoz: An Adventurous Education, 1935-46
― Vanity of Duluoz: An Adventurous Education, 1935-46
“Vinny's was the scene of suicide hookies.”
― Maggie Cassidy
― Maggie Cassidy
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