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There are millions of men out there who want to hurt women—people seem to think that Ansel Packer is extraordinary, because he actually did.
“Never in American history had the adherents of a President been so well satisfied; they were not only appointed to whatever political jobs there were but to ever so many that really were not;”
― It Can't Happen Here
― It Can't Happen Here
“Her face was like her voice: best sampled from the middle of the house.”
― The Time of Our Singing
― The Time of Our Singing
“Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”
― Writers At Work: The Paris Review Interviews, 2nd Series
― Writers At Work: The Paris Review Interviews, 2nd Series
“When men of wealth urge the use and show of force, quick death, swift revenge, then it is to protect a little spot of private security against the resentful millions from whom they have filched it, the resentful millions in whose militant hearts the dream and hope of security still lives.”
― Native Son
― Native Son
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