"Chicago has disappointed her enemies and astonished the world"

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Source : Erik Larson (2010). “The Devil In The White City”, p.348, Random House

Erik Larson

#Enemy Quotes #Chicago Quotes #World Quotes

“There are things that are not spoken about in polite society. Very quickly in most conversations you'll reach a moment where someone goes, 'Oh, that's a bit heavy,' or 'Eew, disgusting.' And literature is a place where that stuff goes; where people whisper to each other across books, the writer to the reader. I think that stops you feeling lonely â€“ in the deeper sense, lonely.”

Source : The Believer interview, www.believermag.com. November/December 2012.
“Typical of most French guys in our league with a visor on, running around and playing tough and not back anything up.”

Source : Sean Avery (2017). “Offside: My Life Crossing the Line”, p.158, Penguin
“Life moves so fast. You gotta document the good times, man.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“What does being a girl have to do with it? There's no time to think when you're on the spot...”
“What I'd like to have right now is for all you fat, out of shape, (insert city) sweathogs to keep the noise down while I take my robe off and show all the ladies what a real man is supposed to look like.”
“My friend, you thought you lost Him; that all your life you've been separated from Him. Filled with wonder, you've always looked outside for Him, and haven't searched within your own house.”
“There's a better way to speak out against President Putin and call out his bigotry for exactly what it is: speaking up for equal rights and educating people around the world about the persistence of homophobia. Rather than boycott, I, along with several amazing organizations including Athlete Ally and All Out, plan to use the Sochi Games as a teachable moment for the world.”
“Children surviving childhood is my obsessive theme and my life's concern,”

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