“His family could not understand the attraction to Marxism. It offered nothing and demanded everything, including your soul.”
― Growing Up American
― Growing Up American
“We are as indestructible as we believe ourselves to be.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“What we witness playing out in the relationships of our public figures we risk finding acceptable in our private lives. Feminists have connected women’s sexual subordination to their unequal status in society, and have strived to transform women’s expectations in their private lives. Private dignity at home equates to dignity in the workplace and the public sphere.”
― Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
― Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
“She’d always loved the mountains, but as she turned back to face the spectacular seascape in the distance, she nearly lost her breath at the diversity of beauty to be found on this ancient, tiny island. She remembered a thought she’d had, just briefly, during her first day ever walking in Ireland, when they were going down through the forest on the way from Glenmalure to Glendalough. I could live my life doing this, she’d thought. And she’d done that, for a while.”
― Projector for Sale
― Projector for Sale
“The bodies went back in the doors and bars and the heads in the windows. The cops drove away and Freddy and the guys went back into the Greeks and the street was quiet, just the sound of a tug and an occasional car; and even the blood couldn't be seen from a few feet away.”
― Last Exit to Brooklyn
― Last Exit to Brooklyn
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