6 Quotes & Sayings By Caleb Carr

Caleb Carr was born in New York City, grew up in Washington, D.C., and now lives in New Jersey. He received his B.A. in English Literature from the University of Virginia, where he was editor of The Signet. His first novel, The Alienist , won the Dashiell Hammett Award for best first novel in 1994, and it was subsequently made into a highly acclaimed TV miniseries starring Daniel Day Lewis and Laura Linney Read more

His latest novel is The Alienist . He is also the author of two volumes of poetry: Chutes in Time (2005) and Mud Lamps (2008).

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She has that quality, does the Hudson, as I imagine all great rivers do: the deep, abiding sense that those activities what take place on shore among human beings are of the moment, passing, and aren't the stories by way of which the greater tale of this planet will, in the end, be told. Caleb Carr
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You want to believe that there's one relationship in life that's beyond betrayal. A relationship that's beyond that kind of hurt. And there isn't. Caleb Carr
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It is the greatest truth of our age: Information is not knowledge. Caleb Carr
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I get in trouble when I say things like, 'I'm attracted to violence.' I was a pretty angry kid, and I got into military history largely as a way to vent my own anger. As I got older it narrowed down to a more specific focus on individual violence. I'm just trying to understand where it came from. Caleb Carr
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I was a pretty angry kid, and I got into military history largely as a way to vent my own anger. As I got older it narrowed down to a more specific focus on individual violence. I'm just trying to understand where it came from. Caleb Carr