Nelson Algren Quotes

The book asks why lost people sometimes develop into greater human beings than those who have never been lost in their whole lives.

losing our way

Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never play cards with a man named Doc. And never lay down with a woman who's got more troubles than you.

advisory

The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer in all ages of man.

writers