"The First Amendment has the same role in my life as a citizen and a writer as the sun has in our ecosystem."

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Michael Chabon

#Ecosystems Quotes #House Quotes #Roles Quotes

“The black-haired Jewish youth lies in wait for hours on end, satanically glaring at and spying on the unsuspicious girl whom he plans to seduce, adulterating her blood and removing her from the bosom of her own people. The Jew uses every possible means to undermine the racial foundations of a subjugated people.”
“The color palette grew as the story progressed. The 1920's sharecroppers were muted and neutrals, the 30's and 40's introduced burgundy to the neutral palette. The 1950's introduced green, black and denim blue, the 1960's introduced orange and heavier more saturated color, the 1970's introduced more primaries, and the fashion palette became more recognizable as a contemporary one from there.”
“There is always a ..belief that by destroying the thing that we love we destroy our needs”
“Listen, if I heard shrieks and cries coming from a house and I ran in there and I found a great big broad shouldered whiskey soaked Joe weasel, dragging his wife about by the hair, and over here, two children are unconscious from his blows and kicks and another one screaming in terror, do you think I would apologize for being there? No! I'd knock 7 kinds of pork out of that old hog.”
“Let my lusts be my ruin, then, since all else is a fake and a mockery.”

Source : Hart Crane (1965). “Letters, 1916-1932”
“plagiarism, n. A literary coincidence compounded of a discreditable priority and an honorable subsequence.”
“English is the perfect language for preachers because it allows you to talk until you think of what to say.”
“And I've found that since you can't electrify yourself like a fence, the next best thing is to have murderer's eyes.”

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