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Steve Toltz Quotes

Who wants the humiliation of being father to the human race? Picture Quote #1

People carry their secrets in hidden places, not on their faces. They carry suffering on their faces. Also bitterness if there’s room Picture Quote #1

There is something so arbitrary about prizes Picture Quote #1

I enjoy being influenced by other writers Picture Quote #1

Raymond Chandler I love a lot, and the Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard. I really love his voice Picture Quote #1

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When people come up to me and say, ‘I read your book,’ I’m thinking, ‘How dare you! Who gave you a copy?’ Picture Quote #1

Optimism isn’t funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. It’s exaggeration Picture Quote #1

The moment seemed endless, but it was probably only half that Picture Quote #1

Don’t be afraid to have nothing Picture Quote #1

I didn’t think anyone who had to demand respect ever got it Picture Quote #1

Losers blame their parents; Failures blame their kids Picture Quote #1

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To have a child is to be impaled daily on the spike of responsibility Picture Quote #1

I haven’t been part of the criminal world Picture Quote #1

We’re always sick and we just don’t know it. What we mean by health is only when our constant physical deterioration is undetectable Picture Quote #1

I actually went into writing first to supplement my income, which was a strange thing to do, and actually failed Picture Quote #1

Optimism isnt funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. Its exaggeration Picture Quote #1

I don’t really have an office or anything, and I like to have to move location every two hours. So I just kind of write in a park, on a bench, in the library, in a cafe, back to the library, that kind of thing Picture Quote #1

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When you put so much effort to forget someone, the effort itself becomes a memory. Then you have to forget the forgetting, and that too is memorable Picture Quote #1

You experience life alone, you can be as intimate with another as much as you like, but there has to be always a part of you and your existence that is incommunicable; you die alone, the experience is yours alone, you might have a dozen spectators who love you, but your isolation, from birth to death, is never fully penetrated Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I think the human animal doesn’t really need food or water to survive, only gossip Picture Quote #1

There’s nothing perplexing to me about a leafy shrub evolving out of the big bang, but that the post office exists because carbon exploded out of a supernova is a phenomenon so outrageous it makes my head twitch Picture Quote #1

I groaned. Man and his codes! Even in a lawless inferno, man has to give himself some honor, he’s so desperate to separate himself from the beasts Picture Quote #1

Sometimes not talking is effortless, and other times it’s more exhausting than lifting pianos Picture Quote #1

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People carry their secrets in hidden places, not on their faces. They carry suffering on their faces. Also bitterness if there’s room Picture Quote #1

We were on our way to the twentieth floor, sharing the elevator with two suits that had men inside them Picture Quote #1

I think that’s the real loss of innocence: the first time you glimpse the boundaries that will limit your potential Picture Quote #1

Negotiating with memories isn’t easy: how to choose between those panting to be told, those still ripening, those already shriveling, and those destined to be mangled by language and come out pulverized? Picture Quote #1

What a nasty act of cruelty, giving a dying man his last wish. Don’t you realize he doesn’t want it? His real wish is not to die Picture Quote #1

I was so happy I wanted to fold all the people into paper airplanes and fly them into the lidless eye of that big yellow moon Picture Quote #1

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Who wants the humiliation of being father to the human race? (Steve Toltz Quotes) People carry their secrets in hidden places, not on their faces. They carry suffering on their faces. Also bitterness if there’s room. (Steve Toltz Quotes) There is something so arbitrary about prizes (Steve Toltz Quotes) I enjoy being influenced by other writers (Steve Toltz Quotes) That’s how we slide, and while we slide we blame the world’s problems on colonialism, imperialism, capitalism, corporatism, stupid white men, and America, but there’s no need to make a brand name of blame. Individual self-interest: that’s the source of our descent, and it doesn’t start in the boardrooms or the war rooms either. It starts in the home (Steve Toltz Quotes) Raymond Chandler I love a lot, and the Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard. I really love his voice (Steve Toltz Quotes) When people come up to me and say, ‘I read your book,’ I’m thinking, ‘How dare you! Who gave you a copy?’ (Steve Toltz Quotes) Optimism isn’t funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. It’s exaggeration. (Steve Toltz Quotes) The moment seemed endless, but it was probably only half that (Steve Toltz Quotes) Don’t be afraid to have nothing (Steve Toltz Quotes) I didn’t think anyone who had to demand respect ever got it (Steve Toltz Quotes) Losers blame their parents; Failures blame their kids (Steve Toltz Quotes) To have a child is to be impaled daily on the spike of responsibility (Steve Toltz Quotes) I haven’t been part of the criminal world (Steve Toltz Quotes) We’re always sick and we just don’t know it. What we mean by health is only when our constant physical deterioration is undetectable (Steve Toltz Quotes) I actually went into writing first to supplement my income, which was a strange thing to do, and actually failed (Steve Toltz Quotes) Optimism isnt funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. Its exaggeration (Steve Toltz Quotes) I don’t really have an office or anything, and I like to have to move location every two hours. So I just kind of write in a park, on a bench, in the library, in a cafe, back to the library, that kind of thing (Steve Toltz Quotes) When you put so much effort to forget someone, the effort itself becomes a memory. Then you have to forget the forgetting, and that too is memorable (Steve Toltz Quotes) You experience life alone, you can be as intimate with another as much as you like, but there has to be always a part of you and your existence that is incommunicable; you die alone, the experience is yours alone, you might have a dozen spectators who love you, but your isolation, from birth to death, is never fully penetrated (Steve Toltz Quotes) Sometimes I think the human animal doesn’t really need food or water to survive, only gossip (Steve Toltz Quotes) There’s nothing perplexing to me about a leafy shrub evolving out of the big bang, but that the post office exists because carbon exploded out of a supernova is a phenomenon so outrageous it makes my head twitch (Steve Toltz Quotes) I groaned. Man and his codes! Even in a lawless inferno, man has to give himself some honor, he’s so desperate to separate himself from the beasts (Steve Toltz Quotes) Sometimes not talking is effortless, and other times it’s more exhausting than lifting pianos (Steve Toltz Quotes) People carry their secrets in hidden places, not on their faces. They carry suffering on their faces. Also bitterness if there’s room (Steve Toltz Quotes) We were on our way to the twentieth floor, sharing the elevator with two suits that had men inside them (Steve Toltz Quotes) I think that’s the real loss of innocence: the first time you glimpse the boundaries that will limit your potential (Steve Toltz Quotes) Negotiating with memories isn’t easy: how to choose between those panting to be told, those still ripening, those already shriveling, and those destined to be mangled by language and come out pulverized? (Steve Toltz Quotes) What a nasty act of cruelty, giving a dying man his last wish. Don’t you realize he doesn’t want it? His real wish is not to die (Steve Toltz Quotes) I was so happy I wanted to fold all the people into paper airplanes and fly them into the lidless eye of that big yellow moon (Steve Toltz Quotes)

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