“disputing nothing is the first step through the difficult door of happiness”
Source: You & I
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Famous Padgett Powell Quotes
“in the event that armed men of any sort enter the building, watch their feet closely.”
Source: The Imperative Mood
Source: The Imperative Mood
“I don't know any more about America than one knows being trapped in it.”
“Conversations are the most direct way to connect with people.”
“Heavy booze is a big time vacation, but you come back with a headache.”
“That's part of fiction, creating a world better than the one you live in.”
“Life is a sandwich of activity between two periods of bed-wetting.”
Source: The Interrogative Mood
“Is a gesture of charity genuine or is it a kind of deep moral tax write-off?”
Source: The Interrogative Mood
Source: The Interrogative Mood
“Cholesterol to go with alcohol; all the bad things in English-speaking life end in -ol.”
“I knew I was supposed to be a writer; I had made that declaration in the closet of my soul.”
“Even if you're the worst writer in the world, at least you'll have the evidence.”
“If I tell you that I have robbed a bank, prepare the correct reaction.”
Source: The Imperative Mood