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William Styron

"What this country needs... what this great land of ours needs is something to happen to it. Something ferocious and tragic, like what happened to Jericho or the cities of the plain - something terrible I mean, son, so that when the people have been through hellfire and the crucible, and have suffered agony enough and grief, theyâ€™ll be people again, human beings, not a bunch of smug contented cows rooting at the trough."

Source : William Styron (1993). “Set this House on Fire”, Vintage

William Styron

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“I was angry and frightened and I was scared. I knew what I had done. The whole night is my fault. None of this would have happened if I didn't drink.”
“If I can lead a happy life, touch the lives of others in a positive way, win the respect of those that I care about... and make a few million along the way, then I have been successful.”
“There are things in American culture that want to wipe the class distinction. Blue jeans. Ready-made clothes. Coca-Cola.”
“Whatever work you undertake to do in your lifetime, it is very important that first you have a passion for it - you know, get excited about it - and second, that you have fun with it. That's important. Otherwise, you see, your work becomes nothing but an idle chore. Then, you hate the life you live.”

Source : Australian ABC Television show "Why Is It So?", (episode 1), 1963.
“Books and bottles breed generosity, and the bibliophile and the oenophile og through life scattering largesse from their libraries and cellars”
“If diphtheria is a disease caused by a microorganism, it is essential that three postulates be fulfilled. The fulfilment of these postulates is necessary in order to demonstrate strictly the parasitic nature of a disease: 1) The organism must be shown to be constantly present in characteristic form and arrangement in the diseased tissue. 2) The organism which, from its behaviour appears to be responsible for the disease, must be isolated and grown in pure culture. 3) The pure culture must be shown to induce the disease experimentally. An early statement of Koch's postulates.”
“It is not the office of a novelist to show us how to behave ourselves; it is not the business of fiction to teach us anything.”
“I like to joke that Inhofe is as far left as I'll go for an employer.”

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