If you like to read, sometimes it's interesting just to go and see what the reality is, of the word, of the… — Harold Brodkey Books Copy Share Image
It bothers me that I won't live to see the end of the century, because, when I was young, in St. Louis,… — Harold Brodkey Adoption Copy Share Image
I can't change the past, and I don't think I would. I don't expect to be understood. I like what I've written,… — Harold Brodkey Can't change Copy Share Image
I distrust summaries, any kind of gliding through time, any too great a claim that one is in control of what one… — Harold Brodkey Admire Copy Share Image
“He was a precocious and delicate little boy, quivering with the malaise of being unloved. When we played, his child's heart would… — Harold Brodkey Childhood Copy Share Image
“I don't hate you. I love you." "I love you, too. God, it's hell!" They decided to be more sensible. The next… — Harold Brodkey Gaze Copy Share Image
“I took off my sweatshirt and dropped it on the grass and set off around the track. As soon as I started… — Harold Brodkey Effort Copy Share Image
