Diasporic Literature Quotes & Sayings

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight. — Theodore Roosevelt

Sure, you would lose more bombers without fighters, but, flying in formation, you could get the job done. — Stuart Symington

On a piece of wasteland in Leeds I once saw a used condom in the grass. A dead and sordid thing. And yet to my thirteen-year-old mind the whole mystery of life seemed to stream through it. Nothing I've seen since has been so eloquent of the thrilling and terrifying mysteries of life. — Glenn Haybittle

It's funny how bed and pillows and covers can change a conversation. Words turn quiet and you mean more and say less. It's like you can build your own little world, Population: 2. — Robin Benway

Forgive yourself and welcome love back into your life. — Wayne Dyer

I like Hemingway and I like a lot Jewish writers (such as) Saul Bellow. — Wesley Clark

Our capacity for self-deception has no known limits — Michael Novak

Every time I write a nonfiction book I get sued. — Joseph Wambaugh

I champion sensibly designed racial affirmative action, not because I have benefited from it personally - though I have. I support it because, on balance, it is conducive to the public good. — Randall Kennedy