“This is a big statement and it sounds a little precious. Generally a man is ashamed to make such a statement. He is afraid sophisticated people will laugh at him. But I don't mind. I'm asking sophisticated people to laugh. That is what sophistication is for.”

—  William Saroyan

Seventy Thousand Assyrians (1934)

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American writer 1908–1981

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