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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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...

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

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

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...

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...

Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring.

Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring.

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 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...

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.

There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.

There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.

God made man stronger but not necessarily more intelligent. He gave women intuition and femininity....

God made man stronger but not necessarily more intelligent. He gave women intuition and femininity....

The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears.

The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears.

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want...

Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want...

Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.

Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.

A woman with a woman's viewpoint is of more value when she forgets she's a...

A woman with a woman's viewpoint is of more value when she forgets she's a...

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe...

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe...

Many women remain unmarried only because they were too smart to ever marry a man...

Many women remain unmarried only because they were too smart to ever marry a man...

O you who believe! when you rise up to prayer, wash your faces and your...

O you who believe! when you rise up to prayer, wash your faces and your...

I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times....

I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times....