Am Quote by Philip Roth Download Open image “History... is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.” — Philip Roth ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Am Awake History I am Nightmare Trying Which
History is not a nightmare from which. I am trying to awaken, but rather, a glorious tale which I wish to be cast in. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake. — James Joyce Copy Share Image
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History has thrust something upon me from which I cannot turn away. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“Joyce is right about history being a nightmare—but it may be the nightmare from which no one can awaken. People are trapped in history… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
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History is a living horse laughing at a wooden horse. History is a wind blowing where it listeth. History is no sure thing to… — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
“The old intergenerational give-and-take of the country-that-used-to-be, when everyone knew his role and took the rules dead seriously, the acculturating back-and-forth that all of… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
You be greater than your feelings. I don't demand this of you - life does. Otherwise you'll be washed away by feelings. You'll be… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
The only way to have a funeral is to invite everyone who ever knew the person and just wait for the accident to happen-somebody… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
To become a celebrity is to become a brand name. There is Ivory Soap, Rice Krispies, and Philip Roth. Ivory is the soap that… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“There are no reasons. She is obliged to be as she is. We all are. Reasons are in books.” — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“As far as I can see there is no conquering or exorcising the past with words - words born either of imagination or forthrightness.” — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“What is astonishing is that we, who had no idea how anything was going to turn out, now know exactly what happened.” — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“Good Christ, a Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy, and will remain a fifteen-year-old boy till they die!” — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
I am the Raskolnikov of jerking off – the sticky evidence is everywhere! — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“Better for real things to be uncontrollable, better for one's life to be undecipherable and intellectually impenetrable than to attempt to make casual sense… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
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I am confident when I take the penalty otherwise I would pass for somebody else. — Bruno Fernandes Copy Share Image
I am on sabbatical as of right now, been too busy to think of about my OWN needs as of late. — Jim Diamond Copy Share Image
I am strongly opposed to any form of amnesty, including, especially, executive amnesty. — Steve Scalise Copy Share Image
I am no different from a lot of people. I am concerned for the future of my children and concerned for the future of… — John Barnes Copy Share Image
I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else. — Joe Torre Copy Share Image
