"I HATED the Salinger story. It took me days to go through it, gingerly, a page at a time, and blushing with embarrassment for him every ridiculous sentence of the way. How can they let him do it?"

-- Elizabeth Bishop

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“Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national character as a people.”
“Have your cake and eat it... there's no other reason to have a cake”
“Death releases the energy into air. If a true catastrophe is looming, the disturbance becomes such that a sensitive individual may become highly troubled by it. He may be aware exactly when and where it will occur. He may see an aura around people who are soon to die. Or he may see images of the disaster beforehand...”

Source : Jed Rubenfeld (2011). “The Death Instinct: A Novel”, p.202, Penguin
“Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.”
“Leave war to others; 'tis Protesilaus' part of love.”
“We need actions that are really coming from people's souls.”
“Make a right, 40th Ave., that's when i smile and laugh”
“Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it.”

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