“Murray said, 'I don't trust anybody's nostalgia but my own. Nostalgia is a product of dissatisfaction and rage. It´s a settling of grievances between the present and the past. The more powerful the nostalgia, the closer you come to violence. War is the form nostalgia takes when men are hard-pressed to say something good about their country.”
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“But these were days of self-fulfillment, where settling for something that was not quite your first choice of a life seemed weak-willed and ignoble. Somewhere, surrendering to what seemed to be your fate had changed from being dignified to being a sign of your own cowardice. There were times when the pressure to achieve happiness felt almost oppressive, as if happiness were something that everyone should and could attain, and that any sort of compromise in its pursuit was somehow your fault.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
“Much has been written and sung of the things we do for love and friendship. Not as much about the mistakes we make trying to banish lonliness.”
― You Got Nothing Coming: Notes From a Prison Fish
― You Got Nothing Coming: Notes From a Prison Fish
“Gwen thinks Lazar disrespected her because she's black. And look I mean you're aware of my policy when it comes to that kind of situation."
"Your policy is 'What do I know about being black?'"
"What do I know about being black?...”
― Telegraph Avenue
"Your policy is 'What do I know about being black?'"
"What do I know about being black?...”
― Telegraph Avenue
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