Nathanael West Quotes

“Numbers constitute the only universal language.”

Nathanael West

“He read it for the same reason an animal tears at a wounded foot: to hurt the pain.”

Nathanael West book Miss Lonelyhearts

Source: Miss Lonelyhearts

“Only those who still have hope can benefit from tears.”

Nathanael West book The Day of the Locust

Source: The Day of the Locust

“At college, and perhaps for a year afterwards, they had believed in literature, had believed in Beauty and in personal expression as an absolute end. When they lost this belief, they lost everything.”

Nathanael West

Source: Miss Lonelyhearts and A Cool Million

“He's an escapist. He wants to cultivate his interior garden.”

Nathanael West book Miss Lonelyhearts

Source: Miss Lonelyhearts