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“My god - life! Who can understand even one little minute of it? "don't try," he said, "just pretend you understand.”
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“No more apologies! So we're poor! All right, we're poor! This is America! And America is one place in this sorry world where people Shouldn't have to apologize for being poor. The question in America should be, 'Is this guy a good citizen? Is he honest? Does he pull his own weight?”
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“Our children, full-grown now, can never forgive us for reproducing. What a mess.”
― Hocus Pocus
― Hocus Pocus
“Unless there is a strong sense of place there is no travel writing, but it need not come from topographical description; dialogue can also convey a sense of place. Even so, I insist, the traveler invents the place. Feeling compelled to comment on my travel books, people say to me, "I went there"---China, India, the Pacific, Albania-- "and it wasn't like that." I say, "Because I am not you.”
― The Best American Travel Writing 2001
― The Best American Travel Writing 2001
“The Dresden atrocity, tremendously expensive and meticulously planned, was so meaningless, finally, that only one person on the entire planet got any benefit from it. I am that person. I wrote this book, which earned a lot of money for me and made my reputation, such as it is. One way or another, I got two or three dollars for every person killed. Some business I'm in.”
― Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage
― Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage
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