"You can assume that if a writer's work has survived for centuries, there are reasons why this is so, explanations that have nothing to do with a conspiracy of academics plotting to resuscitate a zombie army of dead white males."

-- Francine Prose

#Army Quotes #White Quotes #Zombie Quotes

“Half of what's wrong with people today is that they ain't got no place to go that makes them peaceful.”
“So many comics have such low self-esteem.”
“Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.”
“September did not want to feel for the Marquess. Thatâ€™s how villains get you, she knew. You feel badly for them, and next thing you know, youâ€™re tied to train tracks. But her wild, untried heart opened up another bloom inside her, a dark branch heavy with fruit.”
“Do not too many believe no zeal to be spiritual but what is censorious or vindictive? Whereas no zeal is spiritual that is not also charitable.”
“Golf is like life in a lot of ways - All the biggest wounds are self-inflicted.”
“I've always had a lot of respect from the people I respected.”
“I can’t explain how it is I keep having new ideas. But one book inevitably follows another. It is my way of exploring the known, the remembered, and the imagined, the literary triad of which all stories are made.”

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