Adam Shippey

“Evanson was gifted at committing the plausibly deniable outrage”
― Ben Lerner, The Topeka School

“All over the whole round earth and in the settlements”
― Walker Evans, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families

“What the fuck did you think was gonna happen coming up here? Did you think it was gonna be cake and ice cream? Even you’re not that dumb. You ruined me”
― Sam Tallent, Running the Light: A Novel

“he thought with non-bitterness that fear was the worst part of being old. The anxiety born of fear. A fella knew that he wasn’t much good any more—oh, yes, he knew it. And he knew he didn’t always talk too bright, and he couldn’t really look nice no matter how hard he tried. So, knowing in his heart that it was impossible to please anyone, he struggled valiantly to please everyone. And thus he made mistakes, one after the other. Until, finally, he could no more bear himself than other people could bear him. And he died.”
― Jim Thompson, The Grifters