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Quotes from The Sot-Weed Factor — John Barth

1930–2024 United States

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'Tis e'er the lot of the innocent in the world to fly to the wolf for succor from the lion.

The Sot-Weed Factor (1960)

Is a man a salvage at heart, skinned o'er with fragile manners? Or is salvagery but a faint taint in the natural man's gentility, which erupts now and again like pimples on an angel's arse?

The Sot-Weed Factor (1960)

More history's made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills, and proclamations.

The Sot-Weed Factor (1960)

'Tis e'er the wont of simple folk to prize the deed and o'erlook the motive, and of learned folk to discount the deed and lay open the soul of the doer.

The Sot-Weed Factor (1960)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Barth (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.