“And what we students of history always learn is that the human being is a very complicated contraption and that they are not good or bad but are good and bad and the good comes out of the bad and the bad out of the good, and the devil take the hindmost.”
Robert Penn Warren's classic novel follows the rise and fall of a charismatic politician named Willie Stark, whose journey through the political landscape of Louisiana is marked by ambition, manipulation, and moral decay. more
Robert Penn Warren was an American poet, novelist, and literary critic. His works are known for their profound social insight and unique portrayal of Southern culture. Warren's poetry and novels have won numerous literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1947 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1955. more
“Music is my mother and my father; it is my work and my rest...my blood...my compass...my love.”
“I remember being intrigued by the idea of school-in-a-box, just-add-water-and-Sam.”
“I think every human being has a level of melancholy in life and in general.”
“His wings were failing, but he refused to fall without a struggle.”
“In some lost fold of the past, we wanted to be lions and we're no more than castrated cats”