Philip Milton Roth Philip Roth was an American novelist and short story writer. Roth’s fiction—often set in his birthplace of Newark. (Philip Roth Quotes) “A Jewish man with his parents alive is half the time a helpless infant!” Philip RothPortnoy’s Complaint “A nervous, undernourished girl who continually looked down the front of her gown as […]
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The best quotes by the author we have brought to you “A nervous, undernourished girl who continually looked down the front of her gown as though there was some sort of construction project going on under her clothes.” (Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories Quotes) Philip RothGoodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories “Actually we did
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The best quotes by the author we have brought to you “Everyone thinks at some time or other that in a hundred years no one now alive will be on earth – the overwhelming force will sweep the place clean.” (Everyman Quotes) Philip RothEveryman “He was no more, freed from being, entering into nowhere without
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The best quotes by the author we have brought to you “Even a monster has to be from somewhere—even a monster needs parents. But parents don’t need monsters.” (American Pastoral Quotes) Philip RothAmerican Pastoral “Everybody who flashed the signs of loyalty he took to be loyal. Everybody who flashed the signs of intelligence he took
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The best quotes by the author we have brought to you “A Jewish man with his parents alive is half the time a helpless infant!” (Portnoy’s Complaint Quotes) Philip RothPortnoy’s Complaint “American society not only sanctions gross and unfair relations among men, but it encourages them. Now, can that be denied? No. Rivalry, competition, envy,
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The best quotes by the author we have brought to you “As for himself, however hateful life was, it was hateful in a home and not in the gutter. Many Americans hated their homes. The number of homeless in America couldn’t touch the number of Americans who had homes and families and hated the whole
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The best quotes by the author we have brought to you “And as he spoke, I was thinking, ‘the kind of stories that people turn life into, the kind of lives people turn stories into.” (The Counterlife Quotes) Philip RothThe Counterlife “If you’re from New Jersey,” Nathan had said, “and you write thirty books, and
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The best quotes by the author we have brought to you “No matter how much you know, no matter how much you think, no matter how much you plot and you connive and you plan, you’re not superior to sex. It’s a very risky game. It’s sex that disorders our normally ordered lives.” (The Dying
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The best quotes by the author we have brought to you “And do you fully understand what a story like this story, when it’s published, will mean to people who don’t know us?” (The Ghost Writer Quotes) Philip RothThe Ghost Writer “Because you happen to be a writer doesn’t mean you have to deny yourself
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The best quotes by the author we have brought to you “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.” (The Human Stain Quotes) Philip RothThe Human Stain “But the danger with hatred is, once you start in
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