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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
'The Levanter' features some of the strongest action scenes to be found in Ambler - who can, in some of his fiction, stay in one place for a whole novel. Alan Furst actionamblerfeature Change image and 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
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
