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Norman Mailer Quotes

No physical activity is so vain as boxing. A man gets into the ring to attract admiration. In no sport, therefore, can you be more humiliated Picture Quote #1

When a novel comes, it’s a grace. Something in the cosmos has forgiven you long enough so that you can start Picture Quote #1

The novelist... must live in paranoia and seek to be one with the world; he must be terrified of experience and hungry for it; he must think himself nothing and believe he is superior to all Picture Quote #1

Crude thoughts and fierce forces are my state. I do not know who I am. Nor what I was. I cannot hear a sound. Pain is near that will be like no pain felt before Picture Quote #1

There’s a subterranean impetus towards pornography so powerful that half the business world is juiced by the sort of half sex that one finds in advertisements Picture Quote #1

Love is simple to understand if you haven’t got a mind soft and full of holes. It’s a crutch, that’s all, and there isn’t any one of us that doesn’t need a crutch Picture Quote #1

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Horror films do not prepare us for the hours lost in searching after one clear thought Picture Quote #1

The contradictory remarks of politicians are forgotten; the more asinine predictions of pundits are buried with mercy Picture Quote #1

There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same Picture Quote #1

With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists the small trumpet of your defiance Picture Quote #1

I am not here only so that the blind might see, but to teach those who thought they could see that they are blind Picture Quote #1

Great hope has no real footing unless one is willing to face into the doom that may also be on the way. p.207 Picture Quote #1

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We are all so guilty at the way we have allowed the world around us to become more ugly and tasteless every year that we surrender to terror and steep ourselves in it Picture Quote #1

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 effectiveness man has achieved Picture Quote #1

You never do find out what makes you tick, and after a while it’s unimportant Picture Quote #1

The paradox is that no love can prove so intense as the love of two narcissists for each other Picture Quote #1

I don’t trust a man who uses the word evil eighteen times in ten minutes. If you’re half evil, nothing soothes you more than to think the person you are opposed to is totally evil Picture Quote #1

We love those who can lead us to a place we will never reach without them Picture Quote #1

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I no longer gave a sick dog’s drop for the wisdom, the reliability and the authority of the public’s literary mind, those creeps and old ladies of vested reviewing Picture Quote #1

There’s nothing glorious about being a professional... Professionalism probably comes down to being able to work on a bad day Picture Quote #1

Chicago was a town where nobody could forget how the money was made. It was picked up from floors still slippery with blood Picture Quote #1

So the blind will lead the blind, and the deaf shout warnings to one another until their voices are lost Picture Quote #1

Growth is a greater mystery than death. All of us can understand failure, we all contain failure and death within us, but not even the successful man can begin to describe the impalpable elations and apprehensions of growth Picture Quote #1

For what does it mean to be a hero? It requires you to be prepared to deal with forces larger than yourself Picture Quote #1

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There is a no man’s land between sex and love, and it alters in the night Picture Quote #1

Great sex is apocalyptic. There is no such thing as great sex unless you have an apocalyptic moment Picture Quote #1

I always start a book for money. If you’re married five times you have to Picture Quote #1

Is one human? Or merely alive? Like a blade of grass equal to all existance in the moment it is torn? Yes. If pain is fundament, then a blade of grass can know all there is Picture Quote #1

If only gravity were working, the path would be symmetrical, it is the wind resistance that produces the tragic curve Picture Quote #1

Sex is not only a divine and beautiful activity; it’s a murderous activity. People kill each other in bed. Some of the greatest crimes ever committed were committed in bed. And no weapons were used Picture Quote #1

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No physical activity is so vain as boxing. A man gets into the ring to attract admiration. In no sport, therefore, can you be more humiliated (Norman Mailer Quotes) When a novel comes, it’s a grace. Something in the cosmos has forgiven you long enough so that you can start (Norman Mailer Quotes) The novelist... must live in paranoia and seek to be one with the world; he must be terrified of experience and hungry for it; he must think himself nothing and believe he is superior to all (Norman Mailer Quotes) Crude thoughts and fierce forces are my state. I do not know who I am. Nor what I was. I cannot hear a sound. Pain is near that will be like no pain felt before (Norman Mailer Quotes) There’s a subterranean impetus towards pornography so powerful that half the business world is juiced by the sort of half sex that one finds in advertisements (Norman Mailer Quotes) Love is simple to understand if you haven’t got a mind soft and full of holes. It’s a crutch, that’s all, and there isn’t any one of us that doesn’t need a crutch (Norman Mailer Quotes) Horror films do not prepare us for the hours lost in searching after one clear thought (Norman Mailer Quotes) The contradictory remarks of politicians are forgotten; the more asinine predictions of pundits are buried with mercy (Norman Mailer Quotes) There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same (Norman Mailer Quotes) With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists the small trumpet of your defiance (Norman Mailer Quotes) I am not here only so that the blind might see, but to teach those who thought they could see that they are blind (Norman Mailer Quotes) Great hope has no real footing unless one is willing to face into the doom that may also be on the way. p.207 (Norman Mailer Quotes) We are all so guilty at the way we have allowed the world around us to become more ugly and tasteless every year that we surrender to terror and steep ourselves in it (Norman Mailer Quotes) 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 effectiveness man has achieved (Norman Mailer Quotes) You never do find out what makes you tick, and after a while it’s unimportant (Norman Mailer Quotes) The paradox is that no love can prove so intense as the love of two narcissists for each other (Norman Mailer Quotes) I don’t trust a man who uses the word evil eighteen times in ten minutes. If you’re half evil, nothing soothes you more than to think the person you are opposed to is totally evil (Norman Mailer Quotes) We love those who can lead us to a place we will never reach without them (Norman Mailer Quotes) I no longer gave a sick dog’s drop for the wisdom, the reliability and the authority of the public’s literary mind, those creeps and old ladies of vested reviewing (Norman Mailer Quotes) There’s nothing glorious about being a professional... Professionalism probably comes down to being able to work on a bad day (Norman Mailer Quotes) Chicago was a town where nobody could forget how the money was made. It was picked up from floors still slippery with blood (Norman Mailer Quotes) So the blind will lead the blind, and the deaf shout warnings to one another until their voices are lost (Norman Mailer Quotes) Growth is a greater mystery than death. All of us can understand failure, we all contain failure and death within us, but not even the successful man can begin to describe the impalpable elations and apprehensions of growth (Norman Mailer Quotes) For what does it mean to be a hero? It requires you to be prepared to deal with forces larger than yourself (Norman Mailer Quotes) There is a no man’s land between sex and love, and it alters in the night (Norman Mailer Quotes) Great sex is apocalyptic. There is no such thing as great sex unless you have an apocalyptic moment (Norman Mailer Quotes) I always start a book for money. If you’re married five times you have to (Norman Mailer Quotes) Is one human? Or merely alive? Like a blade of grass equal to all existance in the moment it is torn? Yes. If pain is fundament, then a blade of grass can know all there is (Norman Mailer Quotes) If only gravity were working, the path would be symmetrical, it is the wind resistance that produces the tragic curve (Norman Mailer Quotes) Sex is not only a divine and beautiful activity; it’s a murderous activity. People kill each other in bed. Some of the greatest crimes ever committed were committed in bed. And no weapons were used (Norman Mailer Quotes)

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