"All of my novels are democracies."

-- Amos Oz

#Democracy Quotes #Novel Quotes

“My one fear is that tomorrow I may die without having come to know myself.”

Source : Sadegh Hedayat (2010). “The Blind Owl”, p.12, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“House music originated in America, and it has always been around, but I guess it just got a tighter hold on Europe and other parts of the world.”
“Everything that I've done in my life was to lead me to my work with the animals.”
“The human desire for food and sex is relatively equal. If there are armed rapes, why should there not be armed hot dog thefts?”

Source : A Confederacy of Dunces (published 1980), ch.7, pt.1.
“I never thought of serving as a conflict of interest, that would have been a luxury! I just needed something to survive. Initial needs have to be met first, and then later things like patriotism come in.”
“For the last several decades, there was a prevailing belief among traditional economists that the markets were rational and self-correcting. Alan Greenspan advocated this view. But the 2008 financial crisis showed that this view is incorrect, and Greenspan eventually admitted as much.”
“It is possible to make home a bit of heaven; indeed, I picture heaven to be a continuation of the ideal home”
“Hard work has paid off a whole lot.”

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