"The surest cure for vanity is loneliness."

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Source : "The American Mercury", p. 467, "The Anatomy of Loneliness", October 1941.

Tom Wolfe

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“When you're more mature, you do start telling the truth, in odd situations. 'I'm sorry, I've broken a glass here. Is that expensive? I'll pay for it. I'm sorry.' And you do that so that people in the room might go, 'What a strong personality that person has. I like to have sex with people with strong personalities.'”
“I will take a back seat when I know my fame is dipping. I'm not delusional.”
“JESTER, n. An officer attached to the king's household to amuse the court by ludicrous actions and utterances . . . the king's own conduct and decrees [being] sufficiently ridiculous for the amusement not only of his court but of all mankind.”
“It comes as no surprise that average Americans have a different perception of the economy than (US President) George W. Bush and his friends. They can play around with statistics as much as they want, but it's clear that we have an unfair distribution of wealth.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“Chose? If you believe that I chose any part of the pitiful shadow of a life you see before you, you are very much mistaken. I chose glory and success. The box did not contain what was written on the lid.”
“I'd worked at a small town newspaper, and I was thinking of all the strange stories that I had seen float through the newsroom in my time there that were dismissed as kind of amusing curiosities. Somehow from that I got to this idea of an eccentric alcoholic who built a lighthouse in the woods.”

Source : "Sanctuary Of Suspense: A Lighthouse On 'The Ridge'". Interview with Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. July 10, 2011.
“In my lifetime, we've gone from Eisenhower to George W. Bush. We've gone from John F. Kennedy to Al Gore. If this is evolution, I believe that in twelve years, we'll be voting for plants.”
“I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has a sense of humour.”

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