i have just started reading them – adventures with extremists by jon ronson. it’s a brilliant read, hilarious and really thoughtprovoking err almost scary at the same time. great journalism.
these are the introductuary quotes [the quality of which, btw, often is one defining moment for me, whether i buy a book or not]:
i think it bodes well for world peace that Friends is a success everywhere in the world.
—lisa kudrow
when i was coming up, it was a dangerous world, and you knew exactly who they were. it was us versus them, and it was clear who them was. today, we are not so shure who they are, but we know they’re there.
—george w. bush 21:1:2000
i want to hug strangers. i want to hurt other strangers.
— jay mcinerney 15:9:2001