"There are a lot of people in this country who really like my writing. And a lot of writers respect me. But the so-called establishment? They hate me."

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Source : Source: thepoetryquestion.com

Hubert Selby, Jr.

#Country Quotes #Hate Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Love just happens. We don't have to do anything.”
“Nature is purposeless. Nature simply is. We may find nature beautiful or terrible, but those feelings are human constructions. Such utter and complete mindlessness is hard for us to accept. We feel such a strong connection to nature. But the relationship between nature and us is one-sided. There is no reciprocity. There is no mind on the other side of the wall.”
“The law's the law, but people are people.”

Source : M. L. Stedman (2012). “The Light Between Oceans”, p.276, Simon and Schuster
“If I was gonna go to jail, I don't want to go to jail for stealing a bottle of water. I'll steal that $20 million. At least then it was worth it.”
“I'd been thinking I'd have to learn how to play really well, but obviously the message of punk was that you just learn three chords in a week and you're away.”
“What we're all sort of trying to do in our lives is to make the simplest things work out the best.”
“How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!”
“Nothing is either all masculine or all feminine except having sex.”

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