"New York interposed itself, once and for all, between me and all other places of origin."

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Source : "Netherland". Book byJoseph O'Neill, www.theguardian.com. 2008.

Joseph O'Neill

#New York Quotes

“From now on, anyone raped at Penn State should just tell Joe Paterno's statue. It couldn't help you any less than the real Joe would have.”
“The most mischievous liars are those who keep sliding on the verge of truth.”
“One of the prevailing sources of misery and crime is in the generally accepted assumption, that because things have been wrong a long time, it is impossible they will ever be right.”
“Spirit itself is not human; it may spring up in any life... it may exist in all animals, and who know in how many undreamt-of beings, or in the midst of what worlds?”
“Most people are searching for happiness. They're looking for it. They're trying to find it in someone or something outside of themselves. That's a fundamental mistake. Happiness is something that you are, and it comes from the way you think.”
“I don't mean to beat a made-in-America drum, but I would be lying if I said it doesn't feel somehow right to be printing books in the U.S.”
“You are never too young to be fierce and brave in your faith!”
“It seems to me that the Iraqis laid down a lot of the arms that we gave to them. So that doesn't seem to be the solution.”

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