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Nothing lasts and yet nothing ...

Nothing lasts and yet nothing passes either, and nothing passes just because nothing lasts.

Philip Roth 185 quotes

Everybody else is working to c...

Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.

Philip Roth 185 quotes

--nor had I understood til the...

--nor had I understood til then how the shameless vanity of utter fools can so strongly determine the fate of others

Philip Roth 185 quotes

The road to hell is paved with...

The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.

Philip Roth 185 quotes

Just like those who are incura...

Just like those who are incurably ill, the aged know everything about their dying except exactly when.

Philip Roth 185 quotes

A writer has to be driven craz...

A writer has to be driven crazy to help him to see. A writer needs his poisons.

Philip Roth 185 quotes

You take off your clothes and ...

You take off your clothes and you're in bed with somebody, and that is indeed where whatever you've concealed, your particularity, whatever it may be, however encrypted, is going to be found out, and that's what all the shyness is all about and what everybody fears.

Philip Roth 185 quotes

Many of the Kiwis appearing in...

Many of the Kiwis appearing in powerful business circles around the world come from accounting backgrounds. Yet often people have preset ideas of how an accountant walks, talks, smells - although not in the business community. For me it is a career that offers a lot of variety and challenges and I love it.

Philip Roth 185 quotes

The tragedy of the man not set...

The tragedy of the man not set up for tragedy ? that is every man?s tragedy.

Philip Roth 185 quotes

Nothing has a more sinister ef...

Nothing has a more sinister effect on art than the artist's desire to prove that he's good. The terrible temptation of idealism!

Philip Roth 185 quotes

Everything dictated silence an...

Everything dictated silence and self-control but I couldn't restrain myself and spoke my mind.

Philip Roth 185 quotes

I know I'm not going to write ...

I know I'm not going to write as well as I used to. I no longer have the stamina to endure the frustration. Writing is frustration - it's daily frustration, not to mention humiliation.

Philip Roth 185 quotes

It's human to have a secret, b...

It's human to have a secret, but it's just as human to reveal it sooner or later.

Philip Roth 185 quotes

It's amazing how much punishme...

It's amazing how much punishment we can take.

Philip Roth 185 quotes

Doctor, I had never had anybod...

Doctor, I had never had anybody like her in my life, she was the fulfillment of my most lascivious adolescent dreamsЂ' but marry her, can she be serious? You see, for all her preening and perfumes, she has a very low opinion of herself, and simultaneouslyЂ' and here is the source of much of our trouble-a ridiculously high opinion of me. And simultaneously, a very low opinion of me! She is one confused Monkey, and, I'm afraid, not too very bright.

Philip Roth 185 quotes

My God! The English language i...

My God! The English language is a form of communication! Conversation isn't just crossfire where you shoot and get shot at! Where you've got to duck for your life and aim to kill! Words aren't only bombs and bullets Ђ'no, they're little gifts, containing meanings!

Philip Roth 185 quotes

Dreams? If only they had been!...

Dreams? If only they had been! But I don't need dreams, Doctor, that's why I hardly have themЂ'because I have this life instead. With me it all happens in broad daylight!

Philip Roth 185 quotes

Because that is when you love ...

Because that is when you love somebody - when you see them being game in the face of the worst. Not courageous. Not heroic. Just game.

Philip Roth 185 quotes

The fact remains that getting ...

The fact remains that getting people right is not what living is all about anyway. It's getting them wrong that is living, getting them wrong and wrong and wrong and then, on careful reconsideration, getting them wrong again. That's how we know we're alive: we're wrong.

Philip Roth 185 quotes

Maybe the best thing would be ...

Maybe the best thing would be to forget being right or wrong about people and just go along for the ride. But if you can do that -- well, lucky you.

Philip Roth 185 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....