Driftglass Summary Quotes

#1. Americans prefer to isolate villains who despoil a preexisting innocence, rather than admit that there might not have been any innocence there in the first place.

Rick Perlstein

#2. Life wasn't pretty, but it also wasn't scary until she met a man who touched her without taking and made her miss the pieces she had lost.

Cora Carmack

#3. A torch-flame resembles the wisdom of cowards: it gives a poor light because it trembles.

Victor Hugo

#4. The capital is become an overgrown monster; which like a dropsical head, will in time leave the body and extremities without nourishment and support.

Tobias Smollett

#5. Those who say they would rather fight to the death than be raped are fools. I would rather be raped a thousand times. You do what you have to.

Alice Sebold

#6. Independence is for the very few; it is a privilege of the strong. And whoever attempts it even with the best right but without inner constraint proves that he is probably not only strong, but also daring to the point of recklessness.

Friedrich Nietzsche

#7. Beware of simple solutions, they often lead to complex problems.

Bobby Hoffman

#8. New York is one of the greatest cities in the world. It is a fitting host to its many international visitors, who can come to witness first-hand what a vibrant multicultural democracy looks like.

Ban Ki-moon

#9. You don't have to like your family, you don't even have to spend time with them, to know them right down to the bone.

Tana French