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Good character study about a different time in America that is still relevant today. It addresses race, class, and, obliquely, gender.However, the old movie with Henry Fonda is better than the written play if only for the final juror's decision. It i ...more "
“I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.”
― L'Étranger
― L'Étranger
“That's what fiction is for. It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth.”
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“I had only a little time left and I didn't want to waste it on God.”
― L'Étranger
― L'Étranger
“Whatever’s there to feel, feel it – the riddance, the relief, the fright and freedom, the fear of forgetting, the dull ache of your own mortality. Get with someone you can trust with tears, with anger, and wonderment and utter silence. Get that part done – the sooner the better. The only way around these things is through them.”
― The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade
― The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade
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