Doctor, I had never had anybody like her in my life, she was the fulfillment of my most lascivious adolescent dreams– but marry her, can she be serious? You see, for all her preening and perfumes, she has a very low opinion of herself, and simultaneously– 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.
He had learned the worst lesson that life can teach - that it makes no sense. - Philip Roth
He had learned the worst lesson that life can teach - that it makes no sense.
- Philip Roth
When he [Joe Lewis] was asked upon his retirement about his long career, Joe sweetly summed it up in just ten words. 'I did the best I could with wha… - Philip Roth
When he [Joe Lewis] was asked upon his retirement about his long career, Joe sweetly summed it up in just ten words. 'I did the best I could with wha…
I turn sentences around. That's my life. I write a sentence and then I turn it around. Then I look at it and I turn it around again. Then I have lunc… - Philip Roth
I turn sentences around. That's my life. I write a sentence and then I turn it around. Then I look at it and I turn it around again. Then I have lunc…
Stop worrying about growing old. And think about growing up. - Philip Roth
Stop worrying about growing old. And think about growing up.
You can no more make someone tell the truth than you can force someone to love you. - Philip Roth
You can no more make someone tell the truth than you can force someone to love you.
Everybody has a hard job. All real work is hard. My work happened also to be undoable. Morning after morning for 50 years, I faced the next page defe… - Philip Roth
Everybody has a hard job. All real work is hard. My work happened also to be undoable. Morning after morning for 50 years, I faced the next page defe…
Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre. - Philip Roth
Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre.
All that we don't know is astonishing. Even more astonishing is what passes for knowing. - Philip Roth
All that we don't know is astonishing. Even more astonishing is what passes for knowing.
The danger with hatred is, once you start in on it, you get a hundred times more than you bargained for. Once you start, you can't stop. - Philip Roth
The danger with hatred is, once you start in on it, you get a hundred times more than you bargained for. Once you start, you can't stop.
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