“Put the coffee on, bubbles, I'm coming home”
― Loading Mercury With a Pitchfork
― Loading Mercury With a Pitchfork
“Once they are aroused, once they are determined, nothing on earth and nothing in heaven will make women give way; it is impossible.”
― Freedom or death
― Freedom or death
“But you never know when the magic will descend on you. You never know when the grooves will open up. And once the magic descends you don’t want to change even the smallest detail. You don’t know what concordance of factors and variables yields that calibrated can’t-miss feeling, and you don’t want to soil the magic by trying to figure it out, but you don’t want to change your grip, your stick, your side of the court, your angle of incidence to the sun. Your heart’s in your throat every time you change sides of the court.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“But you can be too intelligent, I said. Sometimes it's not an asset it's a curse.”
― Any Human Heart
― Any Human Heart
“Only the image of my father is unclear, as if something obscure but vital has been blotted out, and only the raging surface is left. Who is he, this man whom I have known and not known all my life?”
― A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
― A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
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