# Requiem for a Dream

- Author: [Hubert Selby Jr.](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hubert-selby-jr.md)
- Quotes: 2
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/hubert-selby-jr/requiem-for-a-dream

## Quotes

> There is nothing worse than a cultural barbarian with pretensions.

> Obviously, I believe that to pursue the American Dream is not only futile but self-destructive because ultimately it destroys everything and everyone involved with it. By definition it must, because it nurtures everything except those things that are important: integrity, ethics, truth, our very heart and soul. Why? The reason is simple: because Life/life is giving, not getting.