Cabot Wright Begins
James Purdy
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Most books don’t even come into the world with the noise of the still-born.”
“Great books, if long enough and full of topical description and contemporary comment, were now coming into even wider public favor. The lengthier and fuller of comment, the better.”
“If the book’s bad enough, they’ll publish it, and if it’s bad bad enough, the daily reviewers will love it, and it’ll sell.”
“He’s America in action — opposed to quality.”
“And yet Curt’s a real writer too. His machinery is stuck, that’s all.”
“Why should you expect everything to work out successful? You’re old enough to know better.”
“The to-dos were sordid rather than exciting, perhaps because nearly everybody was approaching middle age.”
“The last human of importance the American people have been able to keep in the working end of their brain is your own Chicago triggerman, Dillinger. After him they kind of lost hold on keeping who’s who straight. So don’t be surprised if they don’t remember who Cabot Wright is, or if they do.”
“She was a church open only for him, with services in full operation twenty-four hours a day.”
“If you get lonesome enough, Carrie knew, you’ll even call the police.”
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