"The 42nd Parallel" Quotes
"The 42nd Parallel" follows the intersecting lives of five Americans as they navigate the social and economic upheavals of early twentieth-century America, blending narrative, biography, and newsreel fragments.
fiction | 356 pages | Published in 2000
Quotes
The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving.
Every man is an adventurer. He is born trying to open his eyes and ears and touch things with his hands.
The past isn't dead; it isn't even past.
Money's a disease, but it's the only one that can be cured by throwing more of it at it.
The world is a fine place and worth fighting for.
The only way to live in this world is to stumble around blindly in it.
You can't fatten the pig on market day.
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
There are no heroes; there are only heroic days.
They didn't know what they wanted, but they knew they wanted it now.
