“Sometimes what being a fan seems to be most about is self-defeat.”— David Shields, amazon.comTagged: Fandom, Sports
“When I come home, flush with all this new semi-insider gossip, my wife, Laurie, startles me by saying that during the first couple of months of my sabbatical, when I was home all the time, there had been 'no energy in the house' and how grateful she is that I’m finally doing something 'purposeful' i…”— David Shields, amazon.comTagged: Gossip, News
“Is race on my brain, and am I screwed up? Or is it on everyone else’s brain, and am I just taking notes? No one ever acknowledges the true subject of our discussions; it can never get expressed directly, it simply can’t be, won’t be, isn’t allowed to be talked about openly, and so it comes out in a…”— David Shields, amazon.comTagged: Race, Repression