Philip Wyeth

“Everybody wants to go to the nice place—instead of doing the work to make a place nice.”
― Philip Wyeth, Reparations Maze

“She had a working theory about what was going on, which she called the dilemma of the steam valve. On one hand, the world was being built up and maintained virtually on autopilot by an interconnected network of machines that could assemble and repair themselves. But people still had doubts and flaws and uncontrollable passions that needed some kind of release. That didn't always make for a rosy picture.”
― Philip Wyeth, Hot Ash and the Oasis Defect

“We aren't all Americans now—we're all just in America.”
― Philip Wyeth, Reparations Core

“Hearing Robert Plant and Steven Tyler wail and howl took him back to his own apprehensive first steps—when money was tight, hopes were unfulfilled only because they were untested—and everything still felt like it was possible. Fast forward twenty-five years, and now maybe the world looked more like a sadder version of the movie Rear Window. Where in each apartment you would see a lonely man quietly singing away his troubles in harmony with the rock 'n' roll gods whose voices transcended space and time.”
― Philip Wyeth, Chasing the Best Days