“ And in the complicated, relished, introspective web of young lovers, or more exactly, young petters, they progress along the oldest channel in the world and the most deceptive, for they are certain it… Norman Mailer
“ Everything was damp and rife and hot as though the jungle were an immense collection of oily rags growing hotter and hotter under the dark stifling vaults of a huge warehouse. Heat licked at everythin… Norman Mailer
“ We sail across dominions barely seen, washed by the swells of time. We plow through fields of magnetism. Past and future come together on thunderheads and our dead hearts live with lightning in the wo… Norman Mailer
“ I could not begin to mourn Deborah or my mind would ride off with me. There was nothing so delicate in all the world as one's last touch of control. Norman Mailer
“ He had also been married to an English girl who was killed in a car accident, a fact to mention because he was the driver. His sorrow was complete; it was as if he had been dipped into a tragic rue. T… Norman Mailer
“ Alois did not know (or care that much) whether men and women had souls, but he was in no doubt about dogs. They did, and you had to be loyal to the soul of a dog. Norman Mailer
“ It all seems more reasonable and possible until you put it figuratively, until the metaphorical end, which is always the muzzle if you come down to it, blasts you in the face. Norman Mailer
“ You can say the universe is a splendidly worked-up system of disinformation calculated to make us believe in evolution and so divert us away from God. Yes, that is exactly what I would do if I were th… Norman Mailer
“ You can indulge your righteous rage but the things it comes out of are pretty cheap. The trick is to make yourself an instrument of your own policy. Whether you like it or not, that's the highest effe… Norman Mailer
“ The moments like these, the passing doubts, were the temptations that caught you if you were not careful. Norman Mailer
“ The jeep would round the bend, be hit by a dozen bullets at once, and that would be the end of his petty history of unfocused groping and unimportant dissatisfactions. Norman Mailer
“ The aim of these gatherings is to acquaint you with the factology of facts. One has to know whether one is dealing with the essential or the circumferential fact. Historical data, after all, tend to b… Norman Mailer
“ Prevarication, like honesty, is reflexive, and soon becomes a sturdy habit, as reliable as truth. Norman Mailer
“ Mi resi conto, allora, che l'unico vero collaudo della forza – del tono muscolare, per così dire – della sanità mentale è la capacità di sostenere l'urto di un interrogativo dietro l'altro senza che v… Norman Mailer
“ It was probably a damn sight easier than getting rid of a woman who had found something in him that he didn't have or he didn't care to give. Norman Mailer
“ If punishment is at all proportionate to the offense, then power becomes watered. The only way you generate the proper attitude of awe and obedience is through immense and disproportionate power. Norman Mailer
“ His nerves were more keyed than he had realized. Quit the bitching and let's go, he heard himself piping. He was damn tired of them, he realized suddenly. That sonofabitch, one of them muttered. It sh… Norman Mailer
