Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more or dying a little bit.

Quote by Norman Mailer

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Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it...

Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it...

Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens...

Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens...

God like Us suffers the ambition to make a destiny more extraordinary than was conceived...

God like Us suffers the ambition to make a destiny more extraordinary than was conceived...

Obsession is the single most wasteful human activity, because with an obsession you keep coming...

Obsession is the single most wasteful human activity, because with an obsession you keep coming...

With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power...

With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power...

I had a quick grasp of the secret to sanity, it had become the ability...

I had a quick grasp of the secret to sanity, it had become the ability...

I'm hostile to men, I'm hostile to women, I'm hostile to cats, to poor cockroaches,...

I'm hostile to men, I'm hostile to women, I'm hostile to cats, to poor cockroaches,...

I hate everything which is not in myself.

I hate everything which is not in myself.

Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists.

Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists.

With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power...

With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power...

The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.

The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.

There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow...

There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow...

Growth, in some curious way, I suspect, depends on being always in motion just a...

Growth, in some curious way, I suspect, depends on being always in motion just a...

Chicago was a town where nobody could forget how the money was made. It was...

Chicago was a town where nobody could forget how the money was made. It was...

There is nothing safe about sex. There never will be.

There is nothing safe about sex. There never will be.

In America all too few blows are struck into flesh. We kill the spirit here,...

In America all too few blows are struck into flesh. We kill the spirit here,...

I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at...

I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at...

Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.

Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.

A house without books is like room without windows.

A house without books is like room without windows.

A home without books is a body without soul.

A home without books is a body without soul.