Michael Gustafson > Quotes

“I'm the
best book ever
written.
And most of
the people
I've loved
just can't
read.”
― Michael Gustafson, Notes from a Public Typewriter

“A bookstore
is larger than
the universe.

After all,
the universe
only contains
what IS.”
― Michael Gustafson, Notes from a Public Typewriter

“Typewriters remind us
that words are sound --
they make noise
like the striking of keys
the scratch of pen on paper.

What have we lost now that
words are silent?”
― Michael Gustafson, Notes from a Public Typewriter

“There is something simultaneously thrilling and terrifying about a blank page. It’s full of possibilities, but with that is the overhanging threat of failure.”
― Michael Gustafson, Notes from a Public Typewriter

“I wrote a letter to Santa
today so he doesn't think
we only talk to him
when we want something.”
― Michael Gustafson, Notes from a Public Typewriter

“I’m scared I’ll spend half my life deciding what to do with it and the other half regretting that choice.”
― Michael Gustafson, Notes from a Public Typewriter

“hello i am very gay…;)”
― Michael Gustafson, Notes from a Public Typewriter

“Life, like this typewriter, has no backspace. Type strongly and don't look back.”
― Michael Gustafson, Notes from a Public Typewriter

“just because someone loves differently does not mean they love less”
― Michael Gustafson

“Maybe you are across an ocean, sitting in a small house overlooking a field, reading this book. Maybe you, too, have lost a grandfather. Or a cat. I imagine you sitting there, holding this book, reading words once typed thousands of miles away: It will always be a special memory for me. Please know you were loved and that I/we will always remember you.”
― Michael Gustafson, Notes from a Public Typewriter