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It is first of all a physical quality; then it is a quality of the spirit. Discover Tom Wolfe famous and rare quotes. Share Tom Wolfe quotations about age, perception and fathers. "Everybody, everybody everywhere, has his own movie going..."
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- “You never realize how much of your background is sewn into the lining of your clothes.” ― Tom Wolfe.
- “A cult is a religion with no political power.” ― Tom Wolfe.
- “Everybody, everybody everywhere, has his own movie going, his own scenario, and everybody is acting his movie out like mad, only most people don’t know that is what they’re trapped by, their little script.”
- “One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years.” ― Tom Wolfe.
May 15, 2018 · A collection of Tom Wolfe's most inspiring, insightful, and wittiest quotes, The author of Bonfire of the Vanities, who passed away this week at age 88, was a pioneer of "New Journalism."
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- “Bullshit reigns.” ― Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities.
- “Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later... that the man before him was not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a child of his own and, as best he could, out of a sense of duty and, perhaps love, adopted a role called Being a Father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a Protector, who would keep a lid on all the chaotic and catastrophic possibilities of life.”
- “Your self…is other people, all the people you're tied to, and it's only a thread.” ― Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities.
- “[H]e could see the island of Manhattan off to the left. The towers were jammed together so tightly, he could feel the mass and stupendous weight.Just think of the millions, from all over the globe, who yearned to be on that island, in those towers, in those narrow streets!
May 15, 2018 · Remember the legendary journalist and novelist Tom Wolfe, who passed away in 2018 at 88? Read some of his witty and insightful quotes on topics ranging from counterculture to astronauts to the Internet.
Jun 5, 2023 · 1 Quotes. 1.1 The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby (1965) 1.2 The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (1968) 1.3 Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine (1976) 1.4 In Our Time (1980) 1.5 I am Charlotte Simmons (2004) 1.6 American Spectator interview (2005) 2 Quotes about Tom Wolfe; 3 External links
Quotes. > Books. 30 Best The Bonfire Of The Vanities Quotes With Image. The Bonfire Of The Vanities | Book Introduction. The Bonfire of the Vanities, written by American author Tom Wolfe and published in 1987, is a gripping and incisive novel that offers a scathing portrayal of the excess and moral decay prevalent in 1980s New York City.
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