Nathanael West Professions : Author Born : October 17, 1903 Died : December 22, 1940 Browse All Authors Top 23 quotes by Nathanael West It's solitary drinking that makes drunkards. Nathanael West drunkards solitary drinking It is hard to laugh at the need for beauty and romance, no matter how tasteless, even horrible, the results of that need are. But it is easy to sigh. Few things are sadder than the truly monstrous. Nathanael West romance laughing needs No dream ever entirely disappears. Somewhere it troubles some unfortunate person and some day, when that person has been sufficiently troubled, it will be reproduced on the lot. Nathanael West disappear trouble dream Similar Authors F. E. Marsh author Iimani David author Beatrice Faust author Isabella Macdonald Alden author Isabella Beeton author Alan AtKisson author All Authors