Rat/culture/fiction

Famous quotes containing the words rat, culture and/or fiction:

“But you think ... that it is time for me to have done with the world, and so I would if I could get into a better before I was called into the best, and not die here in a rage, like a poisoned rat in a hole.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)

“The purpose of education is to keep a culture from being drowned in senseless repetitions, each of which claims to offer a new insight.”
—Harold Rosenberg (1906–1978)

“... fiction never exceeds the reach of the writer’s courage.”
—Dorothy Allison (b. 1949)