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“Everyone’s mind has sort of a slum division—a flirtatious spot that doesn’t give a hoot about how grave a situation is but constantly endeavors to derail more earnest thoughts, almost like a death-wish backseat driver.”

Mind Thoughts Distraction Weird Debauchery Death Wish Lewd Derail Slum Backseat Driver Defiling

Book:Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy

Source: Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy

“You look at a neighborhood like this and see a slum. I see the garden I was meant to tend.”

Garden Neighborhood Tend Slum

Book:Carved in Stone

Source: Carved in Stone

“...If I ever got sloppy and maudlin, it would be for the streets of my childhood—but no self- respecting writer should ever eulogize a slum...”

Streets Writer Muse Eulogy Childhood Memories Slum Maudlin

Book:A Familiar Rain

Source: A Familiar Rain

“Newark, New Jersey. The bad part. Almost a redundancy. Decay was the first word that came to mind. The buildings were more than falling apart - they actually seemed to be breaking down, melting from some sort of acid onslaught. Here urban renewal was about as familiar a concept as time travel. The surroundings looked more like a war newsreel - Frankfurt after the Allies' bombing - than a habitable dwelling.”

Germany New Jersey World War Two Newark Frankfurt Urban Renewal Slum

Book:One False Move

Source: One False Move