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Michael Chabon Quotes

I took comfort, as a kid, in knowing that things had always been as awful and as wonderful as they were now, that the world was always on the edge of total destruction Picture Quote #1

For me the act of marriage has proven, like most of the other disastrous acts of my life, little more than a hedge against any future lack of good material Picture Quote #1

As any two people who have ever dressed in matching pajamas will attest, it was surprisingly effective Picture Quote #1

Although it wasn't raining anymore, the air was still heavy with water, and rain gutters were ringing all over Point Breeze Picture Quote #1

And, anyway, friendship is different in another language; a foreign friend doesn't have to understand what you feel, and I don't expect it. It's enough if he understands what you just said Picture Quote #1

Accurate prediction of the future, of its technologies and traumas, has always seemed to me to be the least interesting thing about science fiction. The Killer Hook Picture Quote #1

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They weren't my family and it wasn't my holiday, but I was orphaned and an atheist and I would take what I could get Picture Quote #1

Every future we imagine is transformed inexorably into a part of our children's understanding of their past, of the assumptions their parents and grandparents could not help but make. The Killer Hook Picture Quote #1

The lucky ones are the people like your husband there. The ones who find work that means something to them. That they can really put their heart into, however foolish it might look to other people Picture Quote #1

That was how troubles arrived, mourners rushing the bar at a wake. Though they came in funereal flocks, they could be dismissed only one at a time, and that was how she would have to proceed Picture Quote #1

Even the most casual study of the record... would show that strange times to be a Jew have almost always been, as well, strange times to be a chicken Picture Quote #1

Julie wanted to die of his own whiteness, to be drowned in the tide of his embarrassment on behalf of all uncool white people everywhere when they tried to be cool Picture Quote #1

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He addressed the class... in a soft, stupefied, increasingly breathless tone like an astronaut pleading with a mad supercomputer to open an airlock Picture Quote #1

Walter broke off a piece of a smile and tucked it into his left cheek as if reserving it for future use Picture Quote #1

And that was when you realized the fire was inside you all the time. And that was the miracle. Just that Picture Quote #1

An invisible gas clouds his thoughts, exhaust from a bus left with its engine running in the middle of his brain Picture Quote #1

It was him, thirty years too old, twenty pounds too light, and forty watts too dim maybe, but him Picture Quote #1

He felt, and not for the first time today, that he had not made a good decision in his personal or professional life since 1989 Picture Quote #1

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The natural fragrance of her body was a spicy, angry smell like that of fresh pencil shavings Picture Quote #1

It would please him well enough to amount to no more in the end than a single great organ of detection, reaching into blankness for a clue Picture Quote #1

My story and my stories are all, in one or another, the same, tales of solitude and the grand pursuit of connection, of success and the inevitability of defeat Picture Quote #1

Moby Dick - that book is so amazing. I just realized that it starts with two characters meeting in bed; that's how my book begins, too, but I hadn't noticed the parallel before, two characters forced to share a bed, reluctantly Picture Quote #1

He didn't want to be what he wasn't, he didn't know how to be what he was Picture Quote #1

A delicate, inexorable lattice of inferences began to assemble themselves, like a crystal, in the old man’s mind, shivering, catching the light in glints and surmises Picture Quote #1

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I don’t do a lot of foisting, because when it comes to books I don’t really like to be foisted upon Picture Quote #1

When I’m writing solitude feels very good. But when I’m not writing it feels lonely... Having a big family solves that problem Picture Quote #1

For me, nostalgia is an involuntary emotion. I think it’s just a natural human response to loss Picture Quote #1

I found one remaining box of comics which I had saved. When I opened it up and that smell came pouring out, that old paper smell, I was struck by a rush of memories, a sense of my childhood self that seemed to be contained in there Picture Quote #1

There’s nothing more embarrassing than to have earned the disfavor of a perceptive animal Picture Quote #1

I’m a man who falls in love so easily, and with such reckless lack of consideration for the consequences of my actions, that from the very first instant of entering into a marriage I become, almost by definition, an adulterer Picture Quote #1

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I took comfort, as a kid, in knowing that things had always been as awful and as wonderful as they were now, that the world was always on the edge of total destruction (Michael Chabon Quotes) For me the act of marriage has proven, like most of the other disastrous acts of my life, little more than a hedge against any future lack of good material (Michael Chabon Quotes) As any two people who have ever dressed in matching pajamas will attest, it was surprisingly effective (Michael Chabon Quotes) Although it wasn't raining anymore, the air was still heavy with water, and rain gutters were ringing all over Point Breeze (Michael Chabon Quotes) And, anyway, friendship is different in another language; a foreign friend doesn't have to understand what you feel, and I don't expect it. It's enough if he understands what you just said (Michael Chabon Quotes) Accurate prediction of the future, of its technologies and traumas, has always seemed to me to be the least interesting thing about science fiction. The Killer Hook (Michael Chabon Quotes) They weren't my family and it wasn't my holiday, but I was orphaned and an atheist and I would take what I could get (Michael Chabon Quotes) Every future we imagine is transformed inexorably into a part of our children's understanding of their past, of the assumptions their parents and grandparents could not help but make. The Killer Hook (Michael Chabon Quotes) The lucky ones are the people like your husband there. The ones who find work that means something to them. That they can really put their heart into, however foolish it might look to other people (Michael Chabon Quotes) That was how troubles arrived, mourners rushing the bar at a wake. Though they came in funereal flocks, they could be dismissed only one at a time, and that was how she would have to proceed (Michael Chabon Quotes) Even the most casual study of the record... would show that strange times to be a Jew have almost always been, as well, strange times to be a chicken (Michael Chabon Quotes) Julie wanted to die of his own whiteness, to be drowned in the tide of his embarrassment on behalf of all uncool white people everywhere when they tried to be cool (Michael Chabon Quotes) He addressed the class... in a soft, stupefied, increasingly breathless tone like an astronaut pleading with a mad supercomputer to open an airlock (Michael Chabon Quotes) Walter broke off a piece of a smile and tucked it into his left cheek as if reserving it for future use (Michael Chabon Quotes) And that was when you realized the fire was inside you all the time. And that was the miracle. Just that (Michael Chabon Quotes) An invisible gas clouds his thoughts, exhaust from a bus left with its engine running in the middle of his brain (Michael Chabon Quotes) It was him, thirty years too old, twenty pounds too light, and forty watts too dim maybe, but him (Michael Chabon Quotes) He felt, and not for the first time today, that he had not made a good decision in his personal or professional life since 1989 (Michael Chabon Quotes) The natural fragrance of her body was a spicy, angry smell like that of fresh pencil shavings (Michael Chabon Quotes) It would please him well enough to amount to no more in the end than a single great organ of detection, reaching into blankness for a clue (Michael Chabon Quotes) My story and my stories are all, in one or another, the same, tales of solitude and the grand pursuit of connection, of success and the inevitability of defeat (Michael Chabon Quotes) Moby Dick - that book is so amazing. I just realized that it starts with two characters meeting in bed; that's how my book begins, too, but I hadn't noticed the parallel before, two characters forced to share a bed, reluctantly (Michael Chabon Quotes) He didn't want to be what he wasn't, he didn't know how to be what he was (Michael Chabon Quotes) A delicate, inexorable lattice of inferences began to assemble themselves, like a crystal, in the old man’s mind, shivering, catching the light in glints and surmises (Michael Chabon Quotes) I don’t do a lot of foisting, because when it comes to books I don’t really like to be foisted upon (Michael Chabon Quotes) When I’m writing solitude feels very good. But when I’m not writing it feels lonely... Having a big family solves that problem (Michael Chabon Quotes) For me, nostalgia is an involuntary emotion. I think it’s just a natural human response to loss (Michael Chabon Quotes) I found one remaining box of comics which I had saved. When I opened it up and that smell came pouring out, that old paper smell, I was struck by a rush of memories, a sense of my childhood self that seemed to be contained in there (Michael Chabon Quotes) There’s nothing more embarrassing than to have earned the disfavor of a perceptive animal (Michael Chabon Quotes) I’m a man who falls in love so easily, and with such reckless lack of consideration for the consequences of my actions, that from the very first instant of entering into a marriage I become, almost by definition, an adulterer (Michael Chabon Quotes)

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