Status Updates From Leviathan

"He had caused a disturbance somewhere deep inside the earth, and the waves were now beginning to rise to the surface, touching every part of the ground at once.

Something had happened, something new was in the air, and there were days that spring when I walked through the city and almost imagined that I could feel the sidewalks vibrating under my feet."

Auster, Paul. Leviathan (p. 245).

"It became his private religion, his form of daily prayer. Scan the newspapers and hold your breath. Make sure they weren’t after you. Make sure you could go on living another twenty-four hours."

Auster, Paul. Leviathan (p. 227). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

"He had been in California for just over a day, and already his bridges were burning behind him."

Auster, Paul. Leviathan (p. 219). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

"Beyond reading the papers and watching the television news, he did almost nothing. He slept. He stared out the window. He thought about the immensity of fear."

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

"It was only later that it hit him—long after he was back on the road. Driving down to New York that night, he suddenly understood that these were the materials for constructing a bomb."

Auster, Paul. Leviathan (p. 176). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.