Author: John Katzenbach

Cites

• Stephen Vincent Benet (1)
  • IN: The Traveler (1987) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: "Well, I never heard of the dev--of your claiming American citizenship," said Dan'l Webster with surprise. "And who with better right?" said the stranger with one of his terrible smiles. "When the first wrong was done to the first Indian, I was there. When the first slaver put out for the Congo, I stood on her deck. Am I not in your books and stories and beliefs, from the first settlements on? Am I not spoken of still in every church in New England? 'Tis true the North claims me for a Southerner, and the South for a Northerner, but I am neither. I am merely an honest American like yourself -- and of the best descent -- for, to tell the truth, Mr Webster, though I don't like to boast of it, my name is older in this country than yours..."
    FROM: The Devil and Daniel Webster, (1936), Short story, US
• William Shakespeare (1)
  • IN: The Dead Student (2015) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: And if you wrong us, do we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
    FROM: The Merchant of Venice, (1600), Play, UK
• NULL (1)
  • IN: Hart's War (1999) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: When you win the prize they tell you a joke: Now you know the first line of your own obituary.
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