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Nathanael West quotes

American Writer October 17, 1903 – December 22, 1940

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Nathanael West quote: "If you're not very busy, a grown man in the uniform of a..."
If you're not very busy, a grown man in the uniform of a Western Union boy should make you feel a little sick. Nathanael West
Nathanael West quote: "Crowds of people moved through the streets with a dream-like..."
Crowds of people moved through the streets with a dream-like violence. Nathanael West
Nathanael West quote: "But the romantic atmosphere only heightened his feeling of icy..."
But the romantic atmosphere only heightened his feeling of icy fatness. Nathanael West
No dream ever entirely disappears. Somewhere it troubles some unfortunate person and some day, when that person has been sufficiently troubled, it will be reproduced on the lot. Nathanael West
Americans have dissipated their racial energy in an orgy of stone-breaking. In their few years they have broken more stones than did centuries of Egyptians, and they have done their work hysterically, desperately, almost as if they knew that the stones would some day break them. Nathanael West
Nathanael West quote: "Only those who still have hope can benefit from tears."
Only those who still have hope can benefit from tears. Nathanael West
He felt as though his heart were a bomb, a complicated bomb that would result in a simple explosion, wrecking the world without rocking it. Nathanael West
Nathanael West quote: "Every child, everywhere; in the whole world there was not one..."
Every child, everywhere; in the whole world there was not one child who was not gravely, sweetly dancing. 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: "Feeling is of the heart and nerves and the crudeness of its..."
Feeling is of the heart and nerves and the crudeness of its expression has nothing to do with its intensity. Nathanael West
Nathanael West quote: "He thought of how calm he was. His calm was so perfect that..."
He thought of how calm he was. His calm was so perfect that he could not destroy it even by being conscious of it. Nathanael West
Nathanael West quote: "what goes on in the sea is of no interest to the rock"
what goes on in the sea is of no interest to the rock Nathanael West
Nathanael West quote: "Her sureness was based on the power to limit experience..."
Her sureness was based on the power to limit experience arbitrarily. Nathanael West
Nathanael West quote: "His mouth formed an O with lips torn angry in laying duck's..."
His mouth formed an O with lips torn angry in laying duck's eggs from a chicken's rectum. 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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