Terry Miles > Quotes

“I want the future we were promised, not the future we deserve.”
― Terry Miles, Rabbits

“We each had our reasons for wanting the fantastical world promised by Rabbits to replace the flawed emotional narrative of our real lives.”
― Terry Miles, Rabbits

“Some true stories are easier to accept if you can convince yourself that at least part of them are fictional.”
― Terry Miles, Rabbits

“Jeff Goldblum does not belong in this world.”
― Terry Miles, Rabbits

“The world felt smaller from that vantage point, and much easier to understand. Life was messy and complicated when you were in the middle of it, while it was rushing toward you from all angles, close-up and in full color. Up there on that roof, I felt like I could breathe a little better, zoom out just enough to feel myself situated in the cosmos.”
― Terry Miles, Rabbits

“leaned forward. “The Navidsonians?” “House of Leaves reference?” Chloe asked.”
― Terry Miles, Rabbits

“For Emily, hearing the right song at the right moment was almost like falling in love.”
― Terry Miles, The Quiet Room

“Some true stories are easier to accept if you can convince yourself that at least part of them are fictional”
― Terry Miles, Rabbits

“She had short gray hair with bangs that reminded me of the window in a prison cell door.”
― Terry Miles, Rabbits

“Picking out what’s important from the static they use to confuse us is a key aspect of achieving success in the game of life.”
― Terry Miles, Rabbits

“Human nature is greed and self-preservation,” Rowan continued. “Our most abundant resource is rampant stupidity. Do you honestly believe that the balance of power is going to substantially shift before humanity destroys itself over its inability to escape bigotry, racism, and the malignant ignorance of organized religion?”
― Terry Miles, The Quiet Room

“theatrical stage curtains hung from the ceiling like the wings of a giant moth.”
― Terry Miles, Rabbits

“written in the late seventies by a couple of MIT students.”
― Terry Miles, Rabbits

“We’ve been sold a bill of goods. Work hard, play fair, and the American dream can be yours. What we were never told is that we’re simply coal for the rich to shovel into stoves in order to make themselves richer,” Datlow said.”
― Terry Miles, The Quiet Room

“Certe storie vere sono più facili da accettare, se è possibile convincersi che almeno una parte di esse è finzione. Questa è una di quelle storie.”
― Terry Miles, Rabbits

“EST?”
― Terry Miles, Rabbits

“It was like that feeling you get when your mind tricks you into believing you’ve momentarily forgotten how to swallow.”
― Terry Miles, Rabbits

“Io mi chiamo K.
Vi dirò un paio di cose: primo, K è l'abbreviazione di qualcosa. Secondo, non vi dirò mai cos'è questo qualcosa. Dovrete farvene una ragione e non sentirvi troppo delusi.”
― Terry Miles, Rabbits

“La porta è aperta.”
― Terry Miles, Rabbits

“Your particular set of skills? That sounds like a Liam Neeson movie.”
― Terry Miles, Rabbits