“A cop won't pick you up for vagrancy in Los Angeles if you wear a fancy polo shirt and a pair of sunglasses. But if there is dust on your shoes and that sweater you wear is thick like the sweaters they wear in the snow countries, he'll grab you.”

—  John Fante , book Ask the Dust

Ask the Dust (1939)

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1909–1983; American novelist, short story writer and screen… 1909–1983

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