Quote by Adam Begley Download Open image ““The blatancy of the icy-hearted satire repelled me.”” — Adam Begley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“...the very greatest satire, I came to think -- the kind that lives forever -- ultimately grew out of a debunking attitude toward the… — Terry Castle Copy Share Image
“Emotions blasted into me with such force, I backed up until the wall stopped me. Then there was nowhere to go as a geyser… — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
“There wasn't a clear, identifiable emotion within me, except for greed and possibly, total disgust. I had all the characteristics of a human being… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
“I had all the characteristics of a human being-- flesh, blood, skin, hair-- but my depersonalization was so intense, had gone so deep, that… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
“There's a bitter cold in me, a cold which comes from a distant land. And nothing ever really makes it warm. You knew of… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
“its cold immensity mocking us as we lunged away into the dark curvaceous violence of the sea.” — Gretel Ehrlich Copy Share Image
“You have broken the ice, though you have not even scratched its glossy surface: you have placed your hand upon the croup of the… — Honoré de Balzac Copy Share Image
“The chill, like scurrying spiders, worked deeper into him, weaving webs of ice in the hollows of his bones.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“His lips felt dry with a literal thirst for righteousness, which was like a glass of ice-cold water on a table in another man's… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
“The first time I saw a narcissus pushing through ice and thriving, I thought it was perfect and wanted that kind of determination for… — Paula McLain Copy Share Image
“White encouraged Updike’s equally scrupulous commitment. They bonded over dashes, colons, and commas—most amazingly in an exchange of letters in the last two months… — Adam Begley Copy Share Image
“I scuttled without a shell, between houses and wives, a snake between skins, a monster of selfishness, my grotesque needs naked and pink.” — Adam Begley Copy Share Image
“Even more than black death he dreaded the gaudy gate: the mask of sweet red rubber, the violet overhead lights, the rattling ride through… — Adam Begley Copy Share Image
“[A]s Norman Mailer pointed out decades ago, and Philip Roth not long afterwards, niceness is the enemy. Every soft stroke from society is like… — Adam Begley Copy Share Image
“I read and talked into the microphone and was gracious to the local rich, the English faculty and the college president, and the students… — Adam Begley Copy Share Image
“Updike quashed the voice of his conscience, while at the same time clinging to a “me-first Salvationism.” — Adam Begley Copy Share Image
“the students with their clear skin and shining eyes and inviting innocence, like a blank surface one wishes to scribble obscenities on.” — Adam Begley Copy Share Image
“the “human need for transcendence should be met with minimal embarrassments to reason,” — Adam Begley Copy Share Image
![“[A]s Norman Mailer pointed out decades ago, and Philip Roth not long afterwards, niceness is the enemy. Every soft stroke from society is like the pfft of an aerosol can as it eats up a few more atoms of our brain’s delicate ozone, and furthers our personal cretinization.” quote by Adam Begley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/57a/adam-begley-35096_quote_a-s-norman-mailer-pointed-out-decades-ag_1330022.jpg)
