Trevanian Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: June 12, 1931 - December 14, 2005
Birthday: June 12
Death: December 14
It was not their irritating assumption of equality that annoyed Nicholai so much as their cultural confusions. The Americans seemed to confuse standard of living with quality of life, equal opportunity with institutionalized mediocrity, bravery with courage, machismo with manhood, liberty with freedom, wordiness with articulation, fun with pleasure - in short, all of the misconceptions common to those who assume that justice implies equality for all, rather than equality for equals.
source: Trevanian (2005). “Shibumi: A Novel”, p.137, Broadway Books
topic: Fun, Opportunity, Justice, Standards Of Living, Articulation, Machismo
