Life was beautiful, everyone knew that, but it was also bitter and bleak and unfair as hell and where did that leave a person? On the outs with the rest of the world. Someone who sat alone in the cafeteria, reading, escaping from his hometown simply by turning the page.Alice Hoffman
About This Quote
The author of this quote, Phillip Roth, is speaking about the idea that life is beautiful and that everyone else knows it. However, the world around us is bitter and bleak and unfair as hell. That’s where this person is now. He doesn’t belong. The world doesn’t want to know him or his story, so he must escape by reading.
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