Andrew Slater

“But gossip must see its characters in black and white, equip them with sins and motives easily conveyed in the shorthand of conversation.”
― John le Carré, Call for the Dead

“Hope,’ he said. ‘Damn thing never leaves you alone.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun

“Too often, it occurs to him that he’s lived just long enough to have completely outlived the world that made sense to him, the world where he fit. He’s as good as a goddamn dinosaur.”
― Caitlín R. Kiernan, Agents of Dreamland

“The people sometimes demand change. They almost never demand art. As a consequence, art stands in a dubious relation to necessity – and to time itself.”
― Zadie Smith, Intimations: Six Essays