"There was a real conflation of hero and……" — Jess Walter
"There was a real conflation of hero and victim in the wake of 9/11, in our perverse desire to create a triumphant myth out of pure tragedy."
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38 Quotes by Jess Walter
Jess Walter has 38 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- You have to do disappointment twice.
- All we have is the story we tell. Everything we do, every decision we make, our strength, weakness, motivation, history,…
- At peace? Who but the insane would ever be at peace? What person who has enjoyed life could possibly think…
- I pretty much drink a cup of coffee, write in my journal for a while, and then sit at a…
- Maybe every couple lived in the gaps between conversations, unable to say the important things for fear they had already…
- If a police officer arrests a mime, does he need to tell him he has the right to remain silent.
- What business does memory have with time?
- Life, he thought, is a blatant act of imagination.
- There are only two good outcomes for a quest like this, the hope of the serendipitous savant — sail for…
- Sometimes what we want to do and what we must do are not the same. Pasquo, the smaller the space…
- A writer needs four things to achieve greatness, Pasquale: desire, disappointment, and the sea.” “That’s only three.” Alvis finished his…
- Stories are people. I'm a story, you're a story...your father is a story. Our stories go in every direction, but…
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