“the zombies, after all, were pretty slow to appreciate someone other than themselves, and they had been schooled not to denigrate the… — padgett powell Copy Share Image
“don't start talkin about books or quotin poems at them. these is good folks but they ain't real crazy about readin books.… — William Gay Copy Share Image
“i ain't got the energy to argue. i'm an old man and i got to take a shit.” — Johnny Shaw Copy Share Image
“A wife's faithful to her husband, subject to him. It's in the bible.” — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
“inside the coop where he'll stay until he's killed, the rooster sings anthems to liberty because he was given two roosts.” — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“everybody he knew was going quietly mad from being tied on a leash that was too short.” — Harry Crews Copy Share Image
“i know at last what i want to be when i grow up. when i grow up i want to be a… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“the thing about books is, there are quite a number you don't have to read.” — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
“a reformer is a man who sees the world's superficial ills and sets out to cure them by aggravating the more basic… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“most reviews are written by morons about morons. sensibility is at a premium in american culture these days.” — Jim Dodge Copy Share Image
“a man should always observe fanaticism when he gets the chance.” — Charles Willeford Copy Share Image
“when you're really cute that's all you have to be, you make a career out of it. someone asks you what you… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
“we remain children as long as we feel the urge to keep crossing this border and to learn.” — Péter Nádas Copy Share Image
“time cannot do to ordinary things what we timelessly do to one another.” — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
“do you want me to shoot thee, ingles ?... quieres ? it is nothing.” — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image