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Thomas Pynchon Quotes

The general public has long been divided into two parts; those who think that science can do anything and those who are afraid it will Picture Quote #1

Our history is an aggregate of last moments Picture Quote #1

Time is never wasted if you remember to bring along something to read Picture Quote #1

Perhaps its familiarity rendered it temporarily invisible to you Picture Quote #1

A woman is only half of something there are usually two sides to Picture Quote #1

Hey, over here! Have your picture taken with a reclusive author! Today only, we’ll throw in a free autograph! But wait, there’s more! Picture Quote #1

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I was dreaming... About my grandfather. A very old man, at least as old as I am now, 91. I thought, when I was a boy, that he had been 91 all his life. Now I feel as if I have been 91 all my life Picture Quote #1

It is simply wrong to begin with a theme, symbol or other abstract unifying agent, and then try to force characters and events to conform to it Picture Quote #1

Someday she might replace whatever of her had gone away by some prosthetic device, a dress of a certain color, a phrase in a letter, another lover Picture Quote #1

But with a sigh he had released her hand, while she was so lost in the fantasy that she hadn’t felt it go away, as if he’d known the best moment to let go Picture Quote #1

It all comes down, as it must, to the desires of individual men. Oh, and women too of course, bless their empty little heads Picture Quote #1

What, I should only trust good people? Man, good people get bought and sold every day. Might as well trust somebody evil once in a while, it makes no more or less sense Picture Quote #1

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Life’s single lesson: that there is more accident to it than a man can ever admit to in a lifetime and stay sane Picture Quote #1

To have humanism we must first be convinced of our humanity. As we move further into decadence this becomes more difficult Picture Quote #1

Idle dreaming is often of the essence of what we do Picture Quote #1

If the world offered nothing, nowhere to support or make bearable whatever her private grief was, then it is that world, and not she, that is at fault Picture Quote #1

Information. What’s wrong with dope and women? Is it any wonder the world’s gone insane, with information come to be the only real medium of exchange? Picture Quote #1

Everybody gets told to write about what they know. The trouble with many of us is that at the earlier stages of life we think we know everything- or to put it more usefully, we are often unaware of the scope and structure of our ignorance Picture Quote #1

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Real flight and dreams of flight go together. Both are part of the same movement. Not A before B, but all together Picture Quote #1

A number of frail girls... prisoners in the top room of a circular tower, embroidering a kind of tapestry which spilled out the slit windows and into a void, seeking hopelessly to fill the void: for all the other buildings and creatures, all the waves, ships and forests of the earth were contained in this tapestry, and the tapestry was the world Picture Quote #1

Someday she might replace whatever of her had gone away by some prosthetic device, a dress of a certain color, a phrase in a letter, another lover Picture Quote #1

This generation - it’s almost a religious thing now. The millennium, the end days, no need to be responsible anymore to the future. A burden has been lifted from them. The Baby Jesus is managing the portfolio of earthly affairs, and nobody begrudges Him the carried interest Picture Quote #1

But with a sigh he had released her hand, while she was so lost in the fantasy that she hadn’t felt it go away, as if he’d known the best moment to let go Picture Quote #1

1904 was the year the American Food and Drug people took the cocaine out of Coca-Cola, which gave us an alcoholic and death oriented generation of Yanks ideally equipped to fight WW II Picture Quote #1

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All this home-computer gaming, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, now this Xbox thing, maybe I just want the boys to see what blowing aliens away was like in the olden days Picture Quote #1

Pointsman is finding it much easier to of late to slip into a l’etat c’est moi frame of mind--who else is doing anything? Picture Quote #1

The general public has long been divided into two parts; those who think that science can do anything and those who are afraid it will Picture Quote #1

If the world offered nothing, nowhere to support or make bearable whatever her private grief was, then it is that world, and not she, that is at fault Picture Quote #1

For every kind of vampire, there is a kind of cross Picture Quote #1

Length is usually intensity. Not time Picture Quote #1

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The general public has long been divided into two parts; those who think that science can do anything and those who are afraid it will (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) Our history is an aggregate of last moments (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) Time is never wasted if you remember to bring along something to read (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) Perhaps its familiarity rendered it temporarily invisible to you (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) A woman is only half of something there are usually two sides to (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) Hey, over here! Have your picture taken with a reclusive author! Today only, we’ll throw in a free autograph! But wait, there’s more! (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) I was dreaming... About my grandfather. A very old man, at least as old as I am now, 91. I thought, when I was a boy, that he had been 91 all his life. Now I feel as if I have been 91 all my life (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) It is simply wrong to begin with a theme, symbol or other abstract unifying agent, and then try to force characters and events to conform to it (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) Someday she might replace whatever of her had gone away by some prosthetic device, a dress of a certain color, a phrase in a letter, another lover (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) But with a sigh he had released her hand, while she was so lost in the fantasy that she hadn’t felt it go away, as if he’d known the best moment to let go (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) It all comes down, as it must, to the desires of individual men. Oh, and women too of course, bless their empty little heads (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) What, I should only trust good people? Man, good people get bought and sold every day. Might as well trust somebody evil once in a while, it makes no more or less sense (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) Life’s single lesson: that there is more accident to it than a man can ever admit to in a lifetime and stay sane (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) To have humanism we must first be convinced of our humanity. As we move further into decadence this becomes more difficult (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) Idle dreaming is often of the essence of what we do (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) If the world offered nothing, nowhere to support or make bearable whatever her private grief was, then it is that world, and not she, that is at fault (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) Information. What’s wrong with dope and women? Is it any wonder the world’s gone insane, with information come to be the only real medium of exchange? (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) Everybody gets told to write about what they know. The trouble with many of us is that at the earlier stages of life we think we know everything- or to put it more usefully, we are often unaware of the scope and structure of our ignorance (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) Real flight and dreams of flight go together. Both are part of the same movement. Not A before B, but all together (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) A number of frail girls... prisoners in the top room of a circular tower, embroidering a kind of tapestry which spilled out the slit windows and into a void, seeking hopelessly to fill the void: for all the other buildings and creatures, all the waves, ships and forests of the earth were contained in this tapestry, and the tapestry was the world (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) Someday she might replace whatever of her had gone away by some prosthetic device, a dress of a certain color, a phrase in a letter, another lover. (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) This generation - it’s almost a religious thing now. The millennium, the end days, no need to be responsible anymore to the future. A burden has been lifted from them. The Baby Jesus is managing the portfolio of earthly affairs, and nobody begrudges Him the carried interest... (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) But with a sigh he had released her hand, while she was so lost in the fantasy that she hadn’t felt it go away, as if he’d known the best moment to let go. (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) 1904 was the year the American Food and Drug people took the cocaine out of Coca-Cola, which gave us an alcoholic and death oriented generation of Yanks ideally equipped to fight WW II. (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) All this home-computer gaming, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, now this Xbox thing, maybe I just want the boys to see what blowing aliens away was like in the olden days. (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) Pointsman is finding it much easier to of late to slip into a l’etat c’est moi frame of mind--who else is doing anything? (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) The general public has long been divided into two parts; those who think that science can do anything and those who are afraid it will. (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) If the world offered nothing, nowhere to support or make bearable whatever her private grief was, then it is that world, and not she, that is at fault. (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) For every kind of vampire, there is a kind of cross (Thomas Pynchon Quotes) Length is usually intensity. Not time (Thomas Pynchon Quotes)

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