"I just noticed recently that in one book after another I seem to find an excuse to find some character who, to put it idiotically simply, is allowed to talk crazy."

-- Jonathan Lethem

#Crazy Quotes #Book Quotes #Character Quotes

“When the Spirit of God moves within us, we must move with Him or be miserable.”
“The tragedy of a species becoming unfit for life by over-evolving one ability is not confined to humankind. Thus it is thought, for instance, that certain deer in paleontological times succumbed as they acquired overly-heavy horns. The mutations must be considered blind, they work, are thrown forth, without any contact of interest with their environment. In depressive states, the mind may be seen in the image of such an antler, in all its fantastic splendour pinning its bearer to the ground.”
“I've been making Bass Communion music longer than any kind of other music. I don't know if you picked up a copy of a vinyl release I put out a couple of years ago of something called Altamont.”
“The more time, toil, and sacrifice spent by a population in producing medicine as a commodity, the larger will be the by-product, namely, the fallacy that society has a supply of health locked away which can be mined and marketed.”
“You cannot improve one thing by 1000% but you can improve 1000 little things by 1%.”
“Being alone in nature is another way to feel the joy of beauty - and oneness with a greater whole.”
“And as Dad said to me, 'You can't always stop people from being mean. But you can stop them from making you mean.”

Source : Mike Mason (2009). “The Blue Umbrella: A Novel”, p.192, David C Cook
“I'm interested in Russian language, culture, history... and I lived there, for four years, as a reporter for the Washington Post and have visited many times since.”

Source : "Ask the Author Live: David Remnick on Russia and Putin". Live Chat, www.newyorker.com. December 9, 2011.

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