The mere passage of time makes us all exiles.
Quotes
And even now it was as if a tectonic force had taken hold of Europe and, using its fingernails, had lifted it up and tilted it, politically, causing a heavy mudslide in the direction of old illusions, old dreams of purity and cruelty.
“Oktober” by Martin Amis (2015)
And even now it was as if a tectonic force had taken hold of Europe and, using its fingernails, had lifted it up and tilted it, politically, causing a heavy mudslide in the direction of old illusions, old dreams of purity and cruelty.
“Oktober” by Martin Amis (2015)
And they were coming here, the refugees, in the eye of a geohistorical convergence–themselves and their exodus on the one hand, and, on the other, Al Qaeda and Al Shabab and Boko Haram and the Taliban and Sinai Province and ISIS.
“Oktober” by Martin Amis (2015)
And they were coming here, the refugees, in the eye of a geohistorical convergence–themselves and their exodus on the one hand, and, on the other, Al Qaeda and Al Shabab and Boko Haram and the Taliban and Sinai Province and ISIS.
“Oktober” by Martin Amis (2015)
Reality? It’s the toothbrush waiting at home for you in its glass, a bus ticket, a paycheck, and the grave.
Orson Welles
Reality? It’s the toothbrush waiting at home for you in its glass, a bus ticket, a paycheck, and the grave.
Orson Welles
What we professional liars hope to serve is truth. I’m afraid the pompous word for that is art.
Orson Welles
What we professional liars hope to serve is truth. I’m afraid the pompous word for that is art.
Orson Welles
Maybe she wasn’t so stupid, naïve. But, then, why had she raised her hand? Why was she waving at the men with guns climbing through the wall? Did she actually think they were there to help? Or could it be that Sue was offering herself, at last making the sacrifice she’d been put on earth to make?