Norman Apple

“Cuban eyes often look close to tears. Tears never seem far away because both their pain and their joy are always so close to the surface.”
― Brin-Jonathan Butler, The Domino Diaries: My Decade Boxing with Olympic Champions and Chasing Hemingway's Ghost in the Last Days of Castro's Cuba

“Las Vegas, the most expensive toilet in the world that still can’t flush.”
― Brin-Jonathan Butler

“Those who are unfamiliar with history are condemned to repeat it? My version is, those who are unfamiliar with history are condemned to repeat it without a sense of ironic futility.”
― Brin-Jonathan Butler, Errol Morris: The Kindle Singles Interview

“Mayweather was already a gargoyle for our era, a gleaming hood ornament on a demented limo running one red light after another, America’s id.”
― Brin-Jonathan Butler