She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick.

“Tennessee's a hillbilly dumping ground, and Georgia's a lousy state too.”

“The writer, without softening his vision, is obliged to capture or conjure read…”

“The lights drifted farther away the faster he ran and his feet moved numbly as …”

“[Simone Weil's] life is almost a perfect blend of the Comic and the Terrible, w…”