Norman Mailer

Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#promiscuity #sentiment #sentimentality #those #who

Obsession is the single most wasteful human activity, because with an obsession you keep coming back and back and back to the same question and never get an answer. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#answer #back #because #coming #get

The highest prize in a world of men is the most beautiful woman available on your arm and living there in her heart loyal to you. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#available #beautiful #beautiful woman #heart #her

Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more or dying a little bit. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#bit #dying #every #existence #growing

In America all too few blows are struck into flesh. We kill the spirit here, we are experts at that. We use psychic bullets and kill each other cell by cell. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#blows #bullets #cell #each #experts

Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#gain #given #honor #masculinity #small

There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#else #grow #just #law #life

Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#closest #come #ever #men #writing

The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#higher #higher level #level #raise #socialism

Tough guys don't dance. You had better believe it. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#better #dance #guys #had #tough