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Quote by Arthur Miller

“The paranoid, real or pretended, always secretes its pearl around a grain of fact.”

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A renowned American playwright, known for his profound social criticism and character development. His works include 'Death of a Salesman' and 'All My Sons'. more

“Frieda was very special,” O’Keeffe recalls. “I can remember very clearly the first time I ever saw her, standing in a doorway, with her hair all frizzed out, wearing a cheap red calico dress that looked as though she’d just wiped out the frying pan with it. She was not thin, and not young, but there was something radiant and wonderful about her.”

Interview New Yorker 1974

Book:O'Keeffe

Source: O'Keeffe

“If we accept the unacceptable today, what's the outlook for tomorrow going to be?”

Humor New Yorker

Author:George Booth

“I come by my alarmism honestly. I have learned this custom over the years as I have settled into being a true New Yorker. This is how we welcome foreigners to our shores. Because we are so often frightened by living here, we are annoyed and offended when visitors fail to show the proper signs of terror. So we try to scare the living daylights out of them.”

Fear Irony Xenophobia New Yorker

Book:Fraud

Source: Fraud

“I do not serve the same God, but I serve Him more loyally and with a purer heart. Yours is the God of men, the king, the founder and the upholder of your race; mine is the God of the universe, the creator, the preserver and the hope of all creatures.”

Religion

Book:Indiana

Source: Indiana

“We didn’t have to talk then, and that is real friendship. Never uncomfortable with silence, which, in its welcome form, is yet an extension of conversation.”

Friendship New Yorker Sam Shepard

Author:Patti Smith

“I never did learn to spell. My friend Doris Bry says now that I’ve ruined her spelling because I misspell with such confidence.”

Interview New Yorker 1974

Book:O'Keeffe

Source: O'Keeffe

“Fear doesn't travel well; just as it can warp judgement, its absence can diminish memory's truth.”

Crucible New Yorker Red Scare

Author:Arthur Miller

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