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Quotes from How Town — Michael Nava

born 1954 United States

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[Henry Rios, to Paul Windsor] "Society is a conspiracy and everyone who's different is its target."

How Town (1990)

I had loved so infrequently I felt a debt to those whom I had, for the reprieve from solitude.

How Town (1990)

A child's sexual innocence isn't moral, it's literal: he has no context for it. From the adult who uses him sexually, he learns a context

How Town (1990)

After talking to Mark, I'd spent much of the night in the kind of "what if" ruminations that served no particular purpose except to depress me.

How Town (1990)

[Henry Rios] It has never taken much for me to dislike a cop. My automatic assumption that most of them are assholes is seldom disappointed.

How Town (1990)

[Henry] I shrugged. "Being born into my family was like being thrown into an accident."

How Town (1990)

[Henry Rios, with Josh] "I think someone's at the door."
"I'll see who it is."
"If it's the grim reaper, tell him he's a couple of years early."

How Town (1990)

Attribution

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