Unless one is inordinately fond of subordination, one is always at war.

Quote by Philip Roth

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A Jew without Jews, without Judaism, without Zionism, without Jewishness, without a temple or an...

A Jew without Jews, without Judaism, without Zionism, without Jewishness, without a temple or an...

Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of...

Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of...

Only in America do these peasants, our mothers, get their hair dyed platinum at the...

Only in America do these peasants, our mothers, get their hair dyed platinum at the...

History... is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.

History... is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.

A Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy, and will remain a fifteen-year-old...

A Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy, and will remain a fifteen-year-old...

When I was first in Czechoslovakia, it occurred to me that I work in a...

When I was first in Czechoslovakia, it occurred to me that I work in a...

Should you protect profits? Yes. But run for the hills? No.

Should you protect profits? Yes. But run for the hills? No.

Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to...

Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to...

When I was first in Czechoslovakia, it occurred to me that I work in a...

When I was first in Czechoslovakia, it occurred to me that I work in a...

When you publish a book, it's the world's book. The world edits it.

When you publish a book, it's the world's book. The world edits it.

The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.

The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.

Obviously the facts are never just coming at you but are incorporated by an imagination...

Obviously the facts are never just coming at you but are incorporated by an imagination...

Just like those who are incurably ill, the aged know everything about their dying except...

Just like those who are incurably ill, the aged know everything about their dying except...

The Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy and will remain a fifteen-year-old...

The Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy and will remain a fifteen-year-old...

And my parents finally realise that I'm kidnapped and they snap into action immediately: they...

And my parents finally realise that I'm kidnapped and they snap into action immediately: they...

And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind?...

And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind?...

We are the people our parents warned us about.

We are the people our parents warned us about.

If you honor your parents, your children will honor you.

If you honor your parents, your children will honor you.

Children aren't happy without something to ignore, And that's what parents were created for.

Children aren't happy without something to ignore, And that's what parents were created for.

You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents...

You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents...