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I have a very serious censorship office inside my head; it censors things that I could tell you that you would never forget, and I don't want to be the person to stick that in your brain. Alan Furst braincensorcensorship Change image and share on social
The brutalization of humans by other humans never fails to get to me in some angry-making way. It shot up in me like an explosion. Alan Furst angrybrutalizationexplosion Change image and share on social
I don't just want my books to be about the '30s and '40s. I want them to read as if they had been written then. I think of them as '40s novels, written in the conservative narrative past. Alan Furst 30s40sbook Change image and share on social
High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead. Christopher Morley foreheadheelhigh Change image and share on social
My father was sleepless most of his life. So by the age of five, I was awake with him all night long, watching bad television or we'd lie in the same bed, and I'd read my comic books while he read his latest spy or mystery novel. Sherman Alexie ageawakebad share on social
Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process. Bruce Babbitt agoamericancongratulate Change image and share on social
