Be happy -- if you're not even happy, what's so good about surviving?

Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstanding?

The legend engraved on the face of the Jewish nickel—on the body of every Jewish child!—not IN GOD WE TRUST, but SOMEDAY YOU’LL BE A PARENT AND YOU’LL KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE.

Ingeniously as their parents and teachers may attempt to protect the young from being drawn, to their detriment, into the moronic amusement park that is now universal, the preponderance of the power is not with them.

What I'm saying, Doctor, is that I don't seem to stick my dick up these girls, as much as I stick it up their backgrounds - as though through fucking I will discover America.

Por outro lado, é justamente o que há de normal nos funerais o que os torna mais dolorosos, mais um registro da realidade da morte que avassala tudo.

yEvery man's endeavor was imbued with responsibility

Tivesse ele mantido um diário de dor, o único registro teria sido uma palavra: eu.

self-laceration is never more than a memory away

Every man's endeavor was imbued with responsibility

Philip Roth

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