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“American dream: when he first heard the phrase as a kid he pictured God lying sleeping, the quilt-colored map of the U.S. coming out of his head like a cloud.”

Book:Rabbit Redux

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Rabbit Redux

In this follow-up to 'Rabbit, Run', the protagonist Harry Angstrom is depicted in a later stage of his life, reflecting on his past and the changes that have occurred in his personal and societal landscape. The novel delves into the complexities of aging, the search for meaning, and the impact of societal shifts on individual lives. more

Author

John Updike

John Updike was an American novelist known for his profound insights into middle-class life and his delicate narrative skills. His works spanned a wide range of genres from short stories to novels, including the classic 'Rabbit, Run' series and 'The Centaur'. more

“In a country addicted to the virus of consumption, wealth, individualism, and judgement — be a person who is committed to the act of serving with love. To the act of spreading love. To serving with love. To uplifting with love. United we stand, divided we fall. Choose your part. Choose leadership. Be a leader, not a follower. You were born an original. Don’t die a copy. Freedom ain’t free and that just so happens to be the problem and the answer to the solution. All men are created equal but not treated equal. The only thing that is free is love, and love with conditions is not love. Liberty and life with conditions is not liberty and life. Ask more of your country and your countrymen. Protect all American’s rights to true freedom. Not the declaration of freedom but the actualization of freedom, which includes true liberty, true equality and the unconditional ability to pursue the highest virtues of life.”

Love America Happiness Patriotism Individualism American Dream Consumerism Grit American True Grit

Author:Drue Grit

“Venison stinks when you chew it, it stinks in your gullet. The putrid meat expands in your bowels, it constricts the intestines, it constricts the appetite—it murders you slowly, clogging your organs with its horrifying stink. It constricts the spirit, nothing but a foul and rotten meat that constricts the soul. But, of course, there is no soul, there can be nothing holy in us—there cannot be anything of heaven in us, because we are depraved, because we are no better than the foul venison. We are the meat that rots, the rotten meat on the bone, and we stink from birth until death, from when no soul is wrought to when no soul escapes.”

Hunting American Dream Venison

Book:Everything Is Totally Fine

Source: Everything Is Totally Fine

“Europe became what America was supposed to be. All of America's failed capitalist ideals are a reality in today's "socialist" Europe.”

Capitalism Europe Socialism American Dream European Union European Civilization America Vs Europe Socialism Vs Capitalism Capitalism Vs Socialism Europe Vs America

Book:Apocalypse 2020: How Putin Destroyed America

Source: Apocalypse 2020: How Putin Destroyed America

“She bewitches you," Trevanion said. "And she is yours for the taking. Any fool can see that. So take her and get whatever needs to be gotten out of your system." ... "Maybe you are right, Trevanion," he said, turning back to his father. "But it is her hope that bewitches me, and that hope I may never get out of my system, no matter how many times she's to be gotten. Can you not see it burning in her eyes? Does it not make you want to look away when you have none to give in return? Her hope fills me with... something other than this dull weight I wake with each morning.”