“He supposed he was only one of several million persons of his generation who had grown up and, somewhere around thirty, made the upsetting discovery that life wasn't going to pan out the way you'd always expected it would; and… — Charles Jackson Copy Share Image
“Dreamy tosspots, they stand all afternoon in a 2nd Avenue bar looking at the sun-patterns under the L or their own faces in the… — Charles Jackson Copy Share
“Who would ever want to read a novel about a punk and a drunk! Everybody knew a couple or a dozen; they were not… — Charles Jackson Copy Share
“He supposed he was only one of several million persons of his generation who had grown up and, somewhere around thirty, made the upsetting… — Charles Jackson Copy Share
“I haven’t got time to be neurotic,” he had heard Helen say once; and the words had made him go weak with anger. He… — Charles Jackson Copy Share
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