Joan Didion Quote

Vegas is the most extreme and allegorical of American settlements, bizarre and beautiful in its venality and in its devotion to immediate gratification.


Marrying Absurd, in Slouching Towards Bethlehem, 1968


Vegas is the most extreme and allegorical of American settlements, bizarre and beautiful in its venality and in its devotion to immediate...

Vegas is the most extreme and allegorical of American settlements, bizarre and beautiful in its venality and in its devotion to immediate...

Vegas is the most extreme and allegorical of American settlements, bizarre and beautiful in its venality and in its devotion to immediate...

Vegas is the most extreme and allegorical of American settlements, bizarre and beautiful in its venality and in its devotion to immediate...