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""Empathy lies at the heart of 'Gatsby,' like so many other great novels--the biggest sin is to be blind to others' problems and pains. Not seeing them means denying their existence." -- Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi" — Dec 06, 2016 06:41AM
""Empathy lies at the heart of 'Gatsby,' like so many other great novels--the biggest sin is to be blind to others' problems and pains. Not seeing them means denying their existence." -- Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi" — Dec 06, 2016 06:41AM
“Sometimes a sad man can talk the sadness right out through his mouth. Sometimes a killin' man can talk the murder right out of his mouth an' not do no murder.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
― The Grapes of Wrath
“And I'm not going to get any thinner or any younger, my ass is going to hit the ground, if it hasn't already--and I want to be with somebody who can still see me in here. I'm still in here. And I don't want to be resented or despised for changing...I'd rather be alone.”
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“Sometimes in fiction you had to mute reality in order to make it seem more believable.”
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“The dark swallowed him, but his dragging footsteps could be heard a long time after he had gone, footsteps along the road; and a car came by on the highway, and its lights showed the ragged man shuffling along the road, his head hanging down and his hands in the black coat pockets.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
― The Grapes of Wrath
“Everyone wanted to call her sweetheart. But she only danced for me. That’s how it was. She told me that every other step was just for me.” “But that’s only half of the dance,” I said. “Yeah,” my father said. “She was keeping the rest for herself. Nobody can give everything away. It ain’t healthy.”
― The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
― The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
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