“The tragedy of the man not set up for tragedy ? that is every man?s tragedy.”
Source: American Pastoral
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Famous Philip Roth Quotes
Source: The Dying Animal
“When he is sick, every man wants his mother.”
Source: Zuckerman Bound: A Trilogy and Epilogue 1979-1985
“A Jewish man with his parents alive is half the time a helpless infant!”
Source: Portnoy's complaint
“There's something every woman wants, and that's a man to blame.”
Source: The Counterlife
“It's the little questions from women about tappets that finally push men over the edge.”