Frasi di Jack Cady

Jack Cady , scrittore statunitense.

✵ 20. Marzo 1932 – 14. Gennaio 2004
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Jack Cady: Frasi in inglese

“I almost don’t believe in ghosts.”

She was stating part of the problem. If ghosts are a metaphor for history, then belief is a leap into reality. If history is a metaphor for ghosts, matters get really serious.
Origine: Kilroy Was Here (1996), p. 148

“Absolute Evil exists. As kids we geriatrics learned all about it, and no damn social worker had better come along and blame “evil” on “conditions.””

Evil is a force in the universe, a force using any weakness it finds to do its dirt; and with Evil, Hell is just a sideline.
Origine: Kilroy Was Here (1996), p. 134

“Courage, combined with stupidity, does not make successful soldiers.”

Origine: Kilroy Was Here (1996), p. 133

“Men build all kinds of worlds in order to defeat fear and loneliness.”

Jack Cady libro The Night We Buried Road Dog

Origine: The Night We Buried Road Dog (1993), p. 502

“Her eyes held that long-distance prairie look, a look knowing wind and fire and hard times, stuff that either breaks people or leaves them wise.”

Jack Cady libro The Night We Buried Road Dog

Origine: The Night We Buried Road Dog (1993), p. 495

“It’s no big job to fool yourself.”

Jack Cady libro The Night We Buried Road Dog

Origine: The Night We Buried Road Dog (1993), p. 494

“Never confuse an idiot.”

Jack Cady libro The Night We Buried Road Dog

Origine: The Night We Buried Road Dog (1993), p. 476

“On top of the war talk, women were driving me crazy: the ones who said “no” and the ones who said “yes.””

Jack Cady libro The Night We Buried Road Dog

It got downright mystifying just trying to figure out which was worse. At nineteen, it’s hard to know how to act.
Origine: The Night We Buried Road Dog (1993), p. 463

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