"Why should he be spared?' 'Someone ought to be.' And it will not be me. I have survived, but I have not been spared."

-- Catherynne M. Valente

“My fastest time in high school was a 4:29 mile. I think cross-country has something to do with my longevity in my business. When you're in an eight-mile race, you never give up.”
“Revolutionary men with principles were not really different from the rest. They used their cleverness to get, in return for principles, what other men buy with their money.”
“I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I, could answer.”

Source : Ralph Ellison (2010). “Invisible Man”, p.40, Vintage
“I've never had to explain 'Prometheus' to people, ever. Most people get it.”
“There's just enough drinking and cheating songs around without me adding to them. Unless you've got something better than "Misery and Gin" by Merle Haggard, you're beating a dead horse.”
“Play is the work of childhood.”
“Speaks well of a man to need a little something in this world. I wouldn't trust a man who could git through it cold sober.”

Source : Harry Crews (1979). “Blood and Grits”, HarperCollins Publishers
“Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I.”

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