All That Glitters Is Not Sad: On Dario Diofebi’s “Paradise, Nevada”

"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain

Fiction

"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry

"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." — George Bernard Shaw

<p>"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn</p>

"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein

"All lurid, unsavory, gruesome illustrations shall be eliminated." — Comics Code, 1954

"The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it." — Frank Herbert

“The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.” — Aristotle

"Writing only leads to more writing." — Colette

"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins

"You always admire what you really don't understand."
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">— Blaise Pascal</p>