Skip to content

Quotes from Nemesis — Philip Roth

1933–2018 United States

← All quotes by Philip Roth

5 quotes

But what he no longer had was a conscience he could live with.

Nemesis (2010)

Surely you haven't lived all these years punishing yourself, despising yourself, for something you didn't do. That's much too harsh a sentence.

Nemesis (2010)

There is an epidemic and he needs a reason for it. [...] That it is pointless, contingent, preposterous, and tragic will not satisfy him. That is is a proliferating virus will not satisfy him.

Nemesis (2010)

[Mr. Michaels:] You try to be a thoughtful person, a reasonable person, an accommodating person, and then this happens. Where is the sens in life?

Nemesis (2010)

[Isadore:] Every day was endless for Alan because of his curiosity.

Nemesis (2010)

Attribution

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