We go in to liberate Cuba, but Cuba still isn’t free; we don’t really think through what we’ll do after the initial treaty is signed, but we’re still occupying. There’s chaos and torture and finally an outcry. Sarah Vowell Read Quote
The whole point of Louis Armstrong is that no one can really figure him out. There was a while where I thought you could try. Sarah Vowell Read Quote
The one time I was an actor, it happened to be in a globally dominant juggernaut. That was lucky. Sarah Vowell Read Quote
Part of the success of This American Life, I think, is due to the fact that none of us sound like we should be on the radio. We don’t sound professional; we sound like people you would know. Sarah Vowell Read Quote
Assassins and presidents invite the same basic question: Just who do you think you are? Sarah Vowell Read Quote
One night last summer, all the killers in my head assembled on a stage in Massachusetts to sing show tunes. Sarah Vowell Read Quote
Jesus and Lincoln, Moses and Jefferson can seem so long gone, so unbelievable, so dead. Sarah Vowell Read Quote
I seem to have no problem revealing my crush on the man who murdered Lincoln. Sarah Vowell Read Quote
