Thousands of us, millions of us, corrupted, ruthless, career-ridden, good hearts and yellow bellies, living out our lives for the easy buck, the soft berth, indulging ourselves in the illusion that we can deal in filth without becoming the thing we touch.
Budd Schulberg
Harder they Fall
1947
It's like pulling away from the maze. While you're in the maze, you go through willy nilly turning where you think you have to turn ; banging into the dead ends. One thing after another. But you get some distance on it, and all those twists and turns, why, they're the shape of your life, it's hard to explain. But seeing it whole gives you some peace.
The Man Who Wasn't There
(Ed Crane)
2001
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The Man Who Wasn't There
Coen Brothers
