Scott Fortune

“I have no idea how people function without near-constant internal chaos. I’d lose my mind.”
― Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

“A certain type—he knew them all too well from years of experience as a detective, he knew how they acted, how they spoke, how their minds worked. These were people who would do anything to win at what they saw as the game of life, who had no allegiance to anyone or anything beyond themselves, who were gifted liars, who could scheme their way into almost anyone’s confidence, then betray them without hesitation.”
― Alan Furst, A Hero of France

“In the 1920s and 1930s, collegiate crew was wildly popular, often ranking right up there with baseball and collegiate football in the amount of press it received and the crowds it drew.”
― Daniel James Brown, The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

“Technology has become a force of nature. We can’t control it. It comes blowing over the planet and there’s nowhere for us to hide.”
― Don DeLillo, Zero K