“He had already learned to read, but now he learned the pleasure of stories which is like no other pleasure—the experience of slipping sideways into another world and living there for as long as you want to.”
― The Boy on the Bridge
― The Boy on the Bridge
“May all hanging judges be judged themselves at last.”
― I Cheerfully Refuse
― I Cheerfully Refuse
“The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man.”
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“Sometimes the past comes up on us like a ghost. Sometimes life is like a haunted house. But there’s no way to leave. You just have to make your peace with the ghosts.”
― The Infinite Blacktop
― The Infinite Blacktop
“Never trust someone who tells good stories, not until you know why they're doing it.”
― A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World
― A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World
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