Philip Roth Quotes

Best 30+ Philip Roth Messages, Quotes, and Images

He had learned the worst lesson that life can teach - that it makes no sense.

He had learned the worst lesson that life can teach - that it makes no sense.

You can no more make someone tell the truth than you can force someone to love you.

You can no more make someone tell the truth than you can force someone to love you.

All that we don't know is astonishing. Even more astonishing is what passes for knowing.

All that we don't know is astonishing. Even more astonishing is what passes for knowing.

Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre.

Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre.

Memories of the past are not memories of facts but memories of your imaginings of the facts.

Memories of the past are not memories of facts but memories of your imaginings of the facts.

The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.

The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.

Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.

Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.

Stop worrying about growing old. And think about growing up.

Stop worrying about growing old. And think about growing up.

How easy life is when it's easy, and how hard when it's hard.

How easy life is when it's easy, and how hard when it's hard.

When the whole world doesn't believe in God, it'll be a great place.

When the whole world doesn't believe in God, it'll be a great place.

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