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Heath McKenny
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“In countries where all the crooked politicians wear pin-striped suits, the best people are bare-assed.”
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“Our children, full-grown now, can never forgive us for reproducing. What a mess.”
― Hocus Pocus
― Hocus Pocus
“How do humanists feel about Jesus? I say of Jesus, as all humanists do, “If what he said is good, and so much of it is absolutely beautiful, what does it matter if he was God or not?”
― A Man Without a Country
― A Man Without a Country
“I do not say that children at war do not die like men, if they have to die. To their everlasting honor and our everlasting shame they do die like men, thus making possible the manly jubilation of patriotic holidays. But they are murdered children all the same.”
― Cat’s Cradle
― Cat’s Cradle
“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
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