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Nathanael West quotes about him

American Writer October 17, 1903 – December 22, 1940

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I'm going to be a star some day," she announced as though daring him to contradict her."I'm sure you..."It's my life. It's the only thing in the whole world that I want."It's good to know what you want. I used to be a bookkeeper in a hotel, but..."If I'm not, I'll commit suicide. Nathanael West
Faye burst into the room. She ignored Homer and went straight to the couch. Now what in hell's the matter?" she exploded. Darling daughter," he said. "I have been badly taken, and this gentleman has been kind enough to let me rest for a moment."He had a fit or something," Homer said. She whirled around on him so suddenly that he was startled. How do you do?" she said, holding her hand forward and high up. He shook it gingerly. Charmed," she said, when he mumbled something. She spun around... Nathanael West
He smoked a cigarette, standing in the dark and listening to her undress. She made sea sounds; something flapped like a sail; there was the creak of ropes; then he heard the wave-against-a-wharf smack of rubber on flesh. Her call for him to hurry was a sea-moan, and when he lay beside her, she heaved, tidal, moon-driven. Nathanael West
Betty took him for a walk in the zoo and he was amused by her evident belief in the curative power of animals. She seemed to think that it must steady him to look at a buffalo. Nathanael West
Nathanael West quote: "Let him ride a horse. He's a cowboy ain't he?"
Let him ride a horse. He's a cowboy ain't he? Nathanael West
Nathanael West quote: "Like a dead man, only friction could make him warm or violence..."
Like a dead man, only friction could make him warm or violence make him mobile. Nathanael West

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