"Charyn, like Nabokov, is that most fiendish sort of writer-so seductive as to beg imitation, so singular as to make imitation impossible."

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Tom Bissell

#Seductive Quotes #Impossible Quotes #Imitation Quotes

“The bathroom mirror has not budged, the woman who lives there can tell the truth from the stuff they say and looks me in the eye- says do you prefer the easy way? No? Well ok then, dont cry.”
“For politics is not like the nursery; in politics obedience and support are the same.”
“I also believe my home state is cursed by ignorance and poverty and racism, much of it deliberately inculcated to control a vulnerable electorate. And I believe many of the politicians in Louisiana are among the most stomach-churning examples of white trash and venality I have ever known. To me, the fact that large numbers of people find them humorously picaresque is mind numbing, on a level with telling fond tales of one's rapist.”

Source : James Lee Burke (2013). “Creole Belle: A Dave Robicheaux Novel”, p.31, Simon and Schuster
“The negatives were [Adolf Hitler] political philosophies, but neither Eva [Braun] or I knew anything that was going on.”
“The smallest amount of vanity is fatal in aeroplane fighting. Selfdistrust rather is the quality to which many a pilot owes his protracted existence.”
“Back in the 80s we were very cautious about steroids.”
“I've always said that the Europeans subconsciously knew how to pose because of the culture or tradition of having your portrait made. They were surrounded by these portraits, and subconsciously they were already posing for them.”
“Achieving a goal is nothing. The getting there is everything.”

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