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> [There is a velvety sensuality here at the mouth of the Mississippi that you won't find anywhere else. Tell me what the air feels like at 3 AM on a Thursday night in late August in Shaker Heights, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-codrescu/there-is-a-velvety-sensuality-here-at-the-mouth-of-the-mississippi/)

[Andrei Codrescu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-codrescu/)

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> [There is a velvety sensuality here at the mouth of the Mississippi that you won't find anywhere else. Tell me what the air feels like at 3 A.M. on a Thursday night in August in Shaker Heights and I bet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-codrescu/there-is-a-velvety-sensuality-here-at-the-mouth-of-the-mississippi-2/)

[Andrei Codrescu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-codrescu/)

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## More by Andrei Codrescu

> [“The richness of our ethnic insults vocabulary was wide and deep. It reflected, all too easily, the more elaborate predjiduces of our parents (not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-codrescu/the-richness-of-our-ethnic-insults-vocabulary-was-wide-and-deep-it/)

[Andrei Codrescu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-codrescu/)

> [“The real secret, though, is that nobody belongs, whether they are natives or not. After expulsion from paradise all humans are in exile. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-codrescu/the-real-secret-though-is-that-nobody-belongs-whether-they-are/)

[Andrei Codrescu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-codrescu/)

> [“Death is not enough for such men. We must add mechanics”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-codrescu/death-is-not-enough-for-such-men-we-must-add-mechanics/)

[Andrei Codrescu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-codrescu/)

> [“The internet liquefied physical borders faster than they were already doing on their own. For all that, there are only regional writers. There are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-codrescu/the-internet-liquefied-physical-borders-faster-than-they-were-already/)

[Andrei Codrescu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-codrescu/)

> [“Poetry is again hip in America as people are beginning to refuse to die of boredom and to choke in the fog of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-codrescu/poetry-is-again-hip-in-america-as-people-are-beginning-to-refuse-to/)

[Andrei Codrescu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-codrescu/)

> [“Our ancestors had fought and murdered one another, married and forged alliances, founded countries. At their best - but only for selfish reasons -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-codrescu/our-ancestors-had-fought-and-murdered-one-another-married-and-forged/)

[Andrei Codrescu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-codrescu/)

> [Only the poor can create art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-codrescu/only-the-poor-can-create-art/)

[Andrei Codrescu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-codrescu/)

> [Nostalgia is masochism and masochism is something masochists love to share.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-codrescu/nostalgia-is-masochism-and-masochism-is-something-masochists-love-to/)

[Andrei Codrescu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-codrescu/)

> [There is no ´Complete Idiots Guide to Creationism,´ but perhaps one is not needed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-codrescu/there-is-no-complete-idiots-guide-to-creationism-but-perhaps-one-is/)

[Andrei Codrescu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-codrescu/)

> [“Nosferatu is the daddy of modern American sex.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-codrescu/nosferatu-is-the-daddy-of-modern-american-sex/)

[Andrei Codrescu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-codrescu/)

> [Cookbooks bear the same relation to real books that microwave food bears to your grandmother?s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-codrescu/cookbooks-bear-the-same-relation-to-real-books-that-microwave-food/)

[Andrei Codrescu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-codrescu/)

> [“It is a sad fact that all flesh must die, but there is no reason why one's story, as well as one's soul, should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-codrescu/it-is-a-sad-fact-that-all-flesh-must-die-but-there-is-no-reason-why/)

[Andrei Codrescu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-codrescu/)

> [“Telling a story to go with the meal is de rigueur, cher, it makes the food more memorable, and both meal and story get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-codrescu/telling-a-story-to-go-with-the-meal-is-de-rigueur-cher-it-makes-the/)

[Andrei Codrescu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-codrescu/)

> [The evaporation of 4 million who believe in this crap would leave the world a better place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-codrescu/the-evaporation-of-4-million-who-believe-in-this-crap-would-leave-the/)

[Andrei Codrescu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-codrescu/)

> [The peasants of all lands recognize power and they salute it, whether it's good or evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-codrescu/the-peasants-of-all-lands-recognize-power-and-they-salute-it-whether/)

[Andrei Codrescu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-codrescu/)

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