"American Pastoral" Quotes
A successful businessman's life is turned upside down when his daughter becomes involved in radical political activities in the midst of social unrest in America.
fiction | 432 pages | Published in 2010
Quotes
She has always been capable of impulsiveness but now she hasn’t the time...
How can he be so frightened of dying when he has pretty nearly always been dead?
Fantasies have to be unrealistic.
Every person passing through this life will unknowingly leave something and take something away.
The fact that life transcends logic in no way invalidates logic. On the contrary, it validates it abundantly.
Human existence is shown ... to be unredeemable.
Funny things happen to you in this life of sin.
No one ever sees events or people as they really are, except in rare, fleeting glimpses. Yet that doesn't stop us from believing that even the most damaged of human beings has moments when everything is gleaming and wonderful.
Daybreak is always good news.
What is reality anyway? It's nothing but a collective hunch.
