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Quotation of the Day for February 12, 2010"This book came out of what was all around me, which was something I never expected -- that my friends would die," Mr. Roth said. "If you're lucky, your grandparents will die when you're, say, in college. Mine died when I was a schoolboy. If you're lucky, your parents will live until you're somewhere in your 50's; if you're very lucky, into your 60's. You won't ever die, and your children, certainly, will never die before you. That's the deal, that's the contract. But in this contract nothing is written about your friends, so when they start dying, it's a gigantic shock." - Philip Roth, writer, from a New York Times profile, April 25, 2006. Submitted by: Terry Labach Feb. 2, 2010 |
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