When She Was Good Quotes

“And was that not bound to happen? Eventually, must not the truth prevail? Oh, it had not been in vain then that she had sacrificed and struggled! Oh yes, of course! if you know you are in the right, if you do not weaken or falter, if despite everything thrown up against you, despite every hardship, every pain, you oppose what you know in your heart is wrong; if you harden yourself against the opinions of others, if you are willing to endure the loneliness of pursuing what is good in a world indifferent to good; if you struggle with every fiber of your body, even as others scorn you, hate you and fear you; if you push on and on and on, no matter how great the agony, how terrible the strain - then one day the truth will finally be known -”
― Philip Roth, When She Was Good

“Not to be rich, not to be famous, not to be mighty, not even to be happy, but to be civilized--that was the dream of his life.”
― Philip Roth, When She Was Good

“Oh, perché le persone non possono essere buone? Dentro, sono solo ossa e nervi e sangue, reni e cervello e ghiandole e denti e arterie e vene. Perché, perché non possono semplicemente essere buone?”
― Philip Roth, Whe She Was Good