Parnian

“Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens devils to contest his vision. The more a man can achieve, the more he may be certain that the devil will inhabit a part of his creation.”
― Norman Mailer

“The paradox is that no love can prove so intense
as the love of two narcissists for each other.”
― Norman Mailer

“Every one of my books had killed me a little more.”
― Norman Mailer

“Aren't men funny? When they want to pay you the greatest compliment in their power, they naively tell you that you have a masculine mind. There is one compliment, incidentally, that I shall never be paying him. I cannot honestly say that he has a quickness of perception almost feminine.”
― Jean Webster, Dear Enemy