Philip Roth Quotes

What Was Astonishing To Him Was How People Seemed To Run Out Of Their Own Being, Run Out Of Whatever The Stuff Was That Made Them Who They Were And, Drained Of Themselves, Turn Into The Sort Of People They Would Once Have Felt Sorry For. It Was As Though While Their Lives Were Rich And Full They Were Secretly Sick Of Themselves And Couldn't Wait To Dispose Of Their Sanity And Their Health And All Sense Of Proportion So As To Get Down To That Other Self, The True Self, Who Was A Wholly Deluded Fuckup.

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