"I don't paint anymore. I haven't since I abandoned it at 19, in order to begin writing seriously."

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Jonathan Lethem

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“Dictators and oppressors should continue to fear me because I will be here for a long time.”
“She took refuge on the firm ground of fiction, through which indeed there curled the blue river of truth.”
“I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.' There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.”
“I don't want to say I'd wipe everybody out, because that's cocky. But they wouldn't beat me.”
“Nonwhite and working-class women, if they are ever to identify with the organized women's movement, must see their own diverse experiences reflected in the practice and policy statements of these predominantly white middle-class groups.”
“Humility is also a healing virtue; it will cicatrize a thousand wounds, which pride would keep forever open.”
“I hate the fact that he's doing that, but the fact is that, you know what, that's a human being, though. He let his guard down one day to me, a friend.”
“The regrets of yesterday and the fear of tomorrow can kill you.”

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