Hubert Selby, Jr. Quotes

I've always felt alienated. I realized that I've been terrified my entire life. So I can identify that fear which drives so many of the people that I write about.

Hubert Selby, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 23, 1928 - April 26, 2004

Topics

LifeFearPeopleI CanWriteAlways

I have a very good life, so I have nothing to complain about. Sometimes, I just have existential angst.

Meg Ryan

LifeGoodGood LifeSometimesJust

If President Obama or any president ever attempts gun confiscation in America, there should be and will be a second civil war.

Tom Tancredo

WarGunAmericaWillPresidentEver

My doctor said, 'If you can weigh what you weighed in high school, you'll essentially be healthy and not have Type 2 diabetes.' Well, I'm gonna have Type 2 diabetes, because there is no way I can weigh as much as I did in high school.

Tom Hanks

SchoolDoctorHigh SchoolYouI Can

Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees.

Rumi

BeautifulEyeFairLovelyEverything

When you deal with nonfiction you deal with human characters.

Marya Hornbacher

YouHumanNonfictionDealCharacters

I still believe there is a lot of truth in Orthodox Judaism, but not the whole truth. Each person has his truth that he has to discover. You don't necessarily have to mold yourself to another idea of who you are.

Matisyahu

TruthYourselfBelieveYouPerson

I never lost my dreams in my 20s, and I know that sounds corny, but it's incredibly important to never let go of what you really want in your life.

Juan Pablo Di Pace

LifeDreamsYouLostKnowImportant

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.

Joseph Brodsky

FamilyFriends And FamilyConnections

The brighter you are, the more you have to learn.

Don Herold

LearningLearnYouMoreBrighter

We're not very accepting of people who act strangely.

Chester Brown

PeopleActWhoAcceptingVery

You just don't expect to see your baby fighting for his life. Looking back, you wonder how you coped.

David Silva

LifeBabyLooking BackLookingYou

I don't care what anybody says, there's nothing like the cultural influence of hip-hop. For me, hip-hop culture is involved in everything - it's in me, in who I am, in how I dress, how I talk. It's in my son and my wife.

Chris Paul

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