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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 "
“It is time that we admitted that faith is nothing more than the license religious people give one another to keep believing when reasons fail.”
― Letter to a Christian Nation
― Letter to a Christian Nation
“Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”
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“When considering the truth of a proposition, one is either engaged in an honest appraisal of the evidence and logical arguments, or one isn't. Religion is one area of our lives where people imagine that some other standard of intellectual integrity applies.”
― Letter to a Christian Nation
― Letter to a Christian Nation
“I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.”
― 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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