509 Quotes by Philip Roth

There had to be forces outside. The prayer went, "Lead me not in temptation." If people were not led by others, why was the famous prayer that it was?

Cuando esto haya terminado ese joven lamentará no sólo haberse metido en política, sino también aprendido a volar— dijo Roosevelt cuando se enteró que había sido nombrado como candidato republicano a las próximas elecciones en las que el sería el candidato demócrata

Always pick a redhead, Ee-oh", Manny said. "he'll give you the best fight in the world. Redhead'll never quit.

No importa cuánto sepas, no importa cuánto pienses, no importa cuánto maquines, finjas y planees, no estás por encima del sexo. Es un juego muy arriesgado. Uno no tendría dos tercios de los problemas que tiene si no corriera el albur de la jodienda. El sexo es lo que desordena nuestras vidas normalmente ordenadas.

العمل.بعض الناس يتوقون إلى العمل،أي عمل،مهما كان قاسيا أو سيئا،ليفرغوا شحناتهم من القسوة التي يتعرضون لها في حياتهم وليزيلوا من عقولهم الأفكار القاتلة.

Nulla, nulla viene mai detto una volta sola - nulla!

...Çünkü herkes gibi onun da başına gelecek. Çünkü hayatın en rahatsız edici gücü, ölümdür. Çünkü ölüm çok adaletsizdir. Çünkü insan bir defa yaşamın tadına varınca ölüm dahi gözükmez ona...

Refusing! And she is after me with a broom, trying to sweep my rotten carcass into the open. Why, shades of Gregor Samsa! Hello Alex, goodbye Franz! "You better tell me you're sorry, you, or else! And I don't mean maybe either!" I am five, maybe six, and she is or-elsing me and not-meaning-maybe as though the firing squad is already outside, lining the street with newspaper preparatory to my execution.

Tits and cunts and legs and lips and mouths and tongues and assholes! How can I give up what I have never even had, for a girl, who delicious and provocative as once she may have been, will inevitably grow as familiar to me as a loaf of bread?