Status Updates From Mr. Vertigo

"That was how my new career began. Bingo broke me in and taught me the ropes, and little by little I became his boy."

Auster, Paul. Mr. Vertigo (p. 236). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

"And just like that, we were off to the races again."

Auster, Paul. Mr. Vertigo (p. 206). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

"It wasn’t a bad story, especially for one he’d made up on the spur of the moment, but it didn’t fool me. No matter how much I wanted to believe him, I wasn’t fooled for a second."

Auster, Paul. Mr. Vertigo (p. 188). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

"If your only motive is to be loved, to ingratiate yourself with the crowd, you’re bound to fall into bad habits, and eventually the public will grow tired of you. You have to keep testing yourself, pushing your talent as hard as you can. You do it for yourself, but in the end it’s this struggle to do better that most endears you to your fans."

Auster, Paul. Mr. Vertigo (pp. 136-137). Penguin Publishing Group.

“I’m ready, boss. You bet your boots I’m ready. Just rig up a place for me to do it, and I’m your boy till death do us part.”

Auster, Paul. Mr. Vertigo (p. 114). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

"I felt as if I had seen the sun explode. I felt as if I had just witnessed the end of the world."

Auster, Paul. Mr. Vertigo (p. 96). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

“Why didn’t you tell me this before?”

“Because you wouldn’t have believed me before. That’s why I’m telling you now. Because the time is coming. If you listen to what the master tells you, it’s coming sooner than you think.”

Auster, Paul. Mr. Vertigo (p. 48). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

"It was the Ache of Being, he said, and it was bound to strike me down sooner or later."

Auster, Paul. Mr. Vertigo (p. 34). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

"He convinced me that I couldn’t go home, and once I accepted that, I didn’t give a damn about myself anymore."

Auster, Paul. Mr. Vertigo (p. 6). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.