Michael Malone > Quotes

“And the light kept darkness away until the Morning Star came and found it burning”
― Michael Malone, Dingley Falls: A Novel

“So entangled are we in our own designs that the concurrent and often conflicting plots of our families, friends, and enemies may come to us as surprises suddenly unraveled or traps suddenly sprung... If no one can see into another's heart, it is probably because no one comes close enough, or stays long enough, or listens loud enough over the thump of their own, to see and hear.”
― Michael Malone, Dingley Falls: A Novel

“Ernest Ransom: These are not the best if times...as your editorials remind us
A.A. Hayes : Why not get a Democrat back in there?
Ernest Ransom: These are not the worst of times eithers

Dingley Falls”
― Michael Malone

“Time is so terribly inconsistent, I find, the way it hurries on or stands still.”
― Michael Malone, Foolscap: Or, The Stages of Love

“suppose it was an uninformed jab at my family background (he thought we were rich), and what he really meant was, “At least Mangum has to work for a living.” The D.A. confused class with wealth—often the case with those who lack the former.”
― Michael Malone, First Lady: A Novel

“Cuddy believed if he waited until he could get everything ready at once, make all arrangements, forget no detail, then life would begin for him like a birthday party at last, and keep on noisy and warm always.”
― Michael Malone, Uncivil Seasons

“On either side of the avenues”
― Michael Malone, The Four Corners of the Sky

“The town of Rome, such as it was, was there to serve the school; it never imposed except to deliver mail and pizzas.”
― Michael Malone, Foolscap: Or, The Stages of Love

“Alice in Wonderland was right: you do have to move twice as fast to stay in the same place, and when you’re old, you’re too slow to do it and so you lose ground. The future vanishes. You can’t remember what you should do tomorrow and then you can’t remember what you did today. And in the end all you have is long ago.”
― Michael Malone, First Lady: A Novel

“When I can’t sleep, every wrong I’ve ever committed slips in through the cracks in the doors and windows like the ghosts in Poltergeist.”
― Michael Malone, The Four Corners of the Sky