Tropic of Cancer Suffering and Disease Quotes

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Quote #10

Look at them on a rainy night, lying there stiff as mattresses—men, women, lice, all huddled together and protected by newspapers against spittle and the vermin that walks without legs (13.3).

Henry at least has a shred of sympathy for the people who are even worse off than he is. He knows that, in the end, being a writer will always protect him from completely giving up.