And all the bright young people of his youth had butted their heads, smashed against things until they got weaker and the things still stood. - Norman Mailer

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And all the bright young people of his youth had butted their heads, smashed against things until they got weaker and the things still stood.

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About Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer (31 January 1923 – 10 November 2007) was an American novelist, journalist, playwright, screenwriter and film director who is considered to have been innovator of creative nonfiction, a genre sometimes called New Journalism.

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Pen Names: Andreas Wilson
Birth Name: Norman Kingsley Mailer

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