The exquisite kindliness of her manner suggested that their relationship was of no possible consequence, that she could not pay him the tribute of hostility.

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.

Plainness has its peculiar temptations and vices quite as much as beauty; it is apt either to feign amiability, or not feigning it, to show all the repulsiveness of discontent.

When you publish a book, it’s the world’s book. The world edits it.

Written By Philip Roth

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