Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in touch with humanity.

Quote by Nelson Algren

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Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's....

Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's....

The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has...

The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has...

The Impossible Generalized Man today is the critic who believes in loving those unworthy of...

The Impossible Generalized Man today is the critic who believes in loving those unworthy of...

I went out there for a thousand a week, and I worked Monday, and I...

I went out there for a thousand a week, and I worked Monday, and I...

Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus...

Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus...

Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring.

Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring.

Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring.

Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring.

Loving Chicago is like loving a woman with a broken nose.

Loving Chicago is like loving a woman with a broken nose.

Loving Chicago is like loving a woman with a broken nose.

Loving Chicago is like loving a woman with a broken nose.

You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen...

You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen...

Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.

Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.

Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.

Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

Hell has been described as a pocket edition of Chicago.

Hell has been described as a pocket edition of Chicago.

Asking Europe to disarm is like asking a man in Chicago to give up his...

Asking Europe to disarm is like asking a man in Chicago to give up his...

I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America.

I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America.

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a...

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a...

I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and...

I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and...

We are proud to have with us the poet lariat of Chicago.

We are proud to have with us the poet lariat of Chicago.

Chicago is a sort of journalistic Yellowstone Park, offering haven to a last herd of...

Chicago is a sort of journalistic Yellowstone Park, offering haven to a last herd of...