“Save for the fit of bizarre laughter at the end, the man seems so calm, sensible, rational. Duffy wishes he met more like him. A bit paranoid about this terrorism business, but frankly, he might be right. You never know… — Alex Kudera Copy Share Image
“If his long day were lived in a European novel, he'd become "D" when on the run or near disappeared.” — Alex Kudera Copy Share Image
“I'd attended a selective liberal arts college, trained at respectable research institutions, and even completed a dissertation for a doctoral degree. In our shared office, I'd tell new hires I was ABD, so they wouldn't feel their own situation was so bleak. If they saw a ten-year veteran adjunct with a PhD, they might lose hope of securing a permanent… — Alex Kudera Copy Share
“And so his royal Duffleleupagus is seized with the megalomaniacal conceit that he is the contemporary Jesus, the man wandering through the lives of these forlorn people, beaten and broken down by the unbearable thirst of relative deprivation--unless it was all of capitalism, or terrorism, or loneliness, or time. Of course, to compare oneself to Jesus is at least ridiculous,… — Alex Kudera Copy Share
“I was once driven north along Central Park, all the way from Chinatown. We hailed the cab in front of a building where Orthodox… — Alex Kudera Copy Share Image
“From there, a more difficult period began. Even the villains, the world's worst people, the one percent, what have you, imagine themselves to be… — Alex Kudera Copy Share Image
“A Jew ain't only a religion, and it ain't a race. It isn't an ethnicity, and you aren't disqualified if you're good at spreading… — Alex Kudera Copy Share Image
“From where would failed Americans leap if all of our towering buildings were razed to the ground? He envisions inflated airfares to Niagara Falls;… — Alex Kudera Copy Share Image
“Save for the fit of bizarre laughter at the end, the man seems so calm, sensible, rational. Duffy wishes he met more like him.… — Alex Kudera Copy Share Image
