"Don’t be timid. You’re a writer, use your role, test it, make something of it. These are decisive times, everything is turning upside down. Participate, be present. And begin with the scum in your are..."
- Elena Ferrante
"When he admires the man he calls his father--a man who is slightly above 'the scum of the earth', what does that say about the man who admire him?"
- Terry a O'Neal
"The Jews are the scum of the earth, but they are also great masters in lying."
- Arthur Schopenhauer