Joe Gould's Teeth Quotes

“The past is what's written down. It is very quiet; only people who can write make any sound at all.”
― Jill Lepore, Joe Gould's Teeth

“It has taken me a very long time, my whole life, to learn that the asymmetry of the historical record isn't always a consequence of people being silenced against their will. Some people do not want to be remembered, or heard, or saved. They want to be left alone.”
― Jill Lepore, Joe Gould's Teeth