“That’s not fair! That’s a cry that rings out over the years on every school playground, because if there’s one thing every child seems to be born knowing, it’s that life is supposed to be fair. And, if there’s one lesson he learns sooner or later, it’s that it’s not.”
― The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder
― The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder
“I’ve heard it said that everybody stops smoking, that the trick is to be alive when it happens.”
― The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder
― The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder
“And this almost tautological business of having done one’s best can’t be reserved exclusively for parents.”
― The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder
― The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder
“It was worth while, truly,” added the young man with a melancholy smile, “to make war against the English for ten years, and to die in his bed at last, like everybody else.”
― Works of Alexandre Dumas
― Works of Alexandre Dumas
“They are properly described as works of fiction, with the understanding that fiction does not imply lack of truth so much as a willingness to refashion factuality in the service of drama, and perhaps in search of a higher truth.”
― The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder
― The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder
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