“In a flash, Emmerich had made a startling discovery. When humiliation reached a certain point, death was preferable. He had heard the fact stated many times, in and out of course, sometimes seriously, sometmes ironically. It had always struck him as a preposterous assumption–belonging to another age. But it was true.”
W.R. Burnett, The Asphalt Jungle
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
