Help me remember a quote about evil in America
October 13, 2018 3:24 PM   Subscribe

I have a line or quote I once read bouncing around in my head, it was something along the lines of there being a pre-existing and long lived evil in America (or the Americas?) which was there before people (possibly it refers specifically to European settlers / “pioneers”) waiting to be discovered. I have a vague feeling this might have been from William S Burroughs. Perhaps I’ve made this all up - but it has been driving me crazy so if you can help me remember where I got this from and how exactly it was worded that would be great!
posted by nfg to Writing & Language (2 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
Best answer: Is this it?

“America is not a young land: it is old and dirty and evil. Before the settlers, before the Indians... the evil was there... waiting.”
posted by J. Tiberius at 3:46 PM on October 13, 2018 [10 favorites]


Response by poster: That’s it - so I wasn’t imagining it! Thanks a million!
posted by nfg at 3:50 PM on October 13, 2018


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