Sublime

Ce premier séjour à Aurora me fit réaliser que l’image que j’avais de Harry était tronquée : sa maison du bord de mer était immense mais complètement vide. Harry L. Quebert, vedette de la littérature américaine, professeur respecté, adulé par ses étudiants, charmeur, charismatique, élégant, boxeur, intouchable, devenait Harry-tout-court lorsqu’il r

I submit to you that the preeminent question in this case as you reach a decision about how best to satisfy the dual aims of this court is the same question that I asked Judge Neff to consider in Larry’s federal sentencing: How much is a little girl worth? How much is a young woman worth?

“Only family are allowed in. You need to find her next of kin,” was the answer. Strong and Fleming had had a commitment ceremony, officiated by Fleming’s progressive aunt, who’d been a nun for sixteen years. But a commitment ceremony had no legal standing.

Before the afternoon ended, Max also heard from Thomas Wolfe’s lawyer.

Fortunately for all of us, Harper Lee was wise enough to listen. Over the course of several rewrites that took more than two years—essentially an entirely new cast of characters and a new plot, while retaining her unique and essential perspective—Lee created To Kill a Mockingbird, one of the great works of American literature.

It was the summer of 1929 when Tom first discussed with Perkins his relationship with a married woman, the celebrated scenic designer for the Neighborhood Playhouse, Aline Bernstein.

I had to do the harder English, which was a time suck, reading books. Some of them though, I finished without meaning to. That Holden guy held my interest. Hating school, going to the city to chase whores and watch rich people’s nonsense, and then you come to find out, all he wants in his heart is to stand at the edge of a field catching little boy

Gus Levy was a nice guy. He was also a regular fellow.