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Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes

There are times when friendship feels like running down a hill together as fast as you can, jumping over things, spinning around, and you don’t care where you’re going, and you don’t care where you’ve come from, because all that matters is speed, and the hands holding your hands Picture Quote #1

I’ve always enjoyed that kind of thing - thinking about the production of narrative and why it is that when we read a novel, we don’t notice the fact that someone who might be very close-mouthed or tight-lipped is perfectly willing to tell us a story in 600 or 700 pages Picture Quote #1

I completely love music. I used to be the music critic at ‘The Improper Bostonian.’ It’s just something I’ve always loved very deeply Picture Quote #1

Keep thinking. You can hear our brains rattling around inside us, like the littler Russian dolls Picture Quote #1

Then it was this big thing. She was like, ‘I never want to see you again’, and I was like, ‘Fine. Okay? Fine. Then get some special goggles Picture Quote #1

We went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely suck Picture Quote #1

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At long last, you may no longer distinguish what binds you from what is you Picture Quote #1

I was someone who really loved fantasy novels and science fiction novels Picture Quote #1

A library is an adjustable wrench for opening the head Picture Quote #1

I looked at her, and she was smiling like she was broken Picture Quote #1

I could see my face, crying, in her blank eye Picture Quote #1

We all flee in hope of finding some ground of security Picture Quote #1

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It’s like a squid in love with the sky Picture Quote #1

The natural world is so adaptable... So adaptable you wonder what’s natural Picture Quote #1

You need the noise of your friends in space Picture Quote #1

I write for teens partially to work out whatever it was that I needed to from my own teenage years Picture Quote #1

And I realize that the decision to be human is not one single instant, but is a thousand choices made very day. It is choices we make every second and requires constant vigilance. We have to fight to remain human Picture Quote #1

People talk about the beauty of the spring, but I can’t see it. The trees are brown and bare, slimy with rain. Some are crawling with new purple hairs. And the buds are bulging like tumorous acne, and I can tell that something wet, and soft, and cold, and misshapen is about to be born. And I am turning into a vampire Picture Quote #1

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Perhaps his gloom was due to his profession, that he lived among fallen empires, and in reading these languages that had not been spoken by the common man in centuries, he had all about him the ruin of language, evidence of toppled suburbs, grass growing among the mosaics, and voices that had been choked with poison, iron, age, or ash Picture Quote #1

There are times when friendship feels like running down a hill together as fast as you can, jumping over things, spinning around, and you don’t care where you’re going, and you don’t care where you’ve come from, because all that matters is speed, and the hands holding your hands Picture Quote #1

... for reading, once begun, quickly becomes home and circle and court and family, and indeed, without narrative, I felt exiled from my own country. By the transport of books, that which is most foreign becomes one’s familiar walks and avenues; while that which is most familiar is removed to delightful strangeness; and unmoving, one travels infinite causeways, immobile and thus unfettered Picture Quote #1

It’s the end. It’s the end of the civilization. We’re going down. No, it’s sure not too attractive. Lenticels. I just hope my kids don’t live to see the last days. The things burning and people living in cellars. Violet. The only thing worse than the thought it may all come tumbling down is the thought that we may go on like this forever Picture Quote #1

Occasionally people ask me how it is I write different types of things, and my answer to that is it’s very natural. You get bored writing one kind of thing all the time Picture Quote #1

I feel like it’s important every once in a while to estrange ourselves from the familiar to remind ourselves of the potentialities of people, how many different ways there are of being Picture Quote #1

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It’s insulting to believe that teens should have a different kind of book than an adult should Picture Quote #1

If we’re going to ask our kids at age 18 to go off to war and die for their country, I don’t see any problem with asking them at age 16 to think about what that might mean Picture Quote #1

The sky was as blue as a stupid postcard, and the islands were as green as islands Picture Quote #1

Why not write a book which is as sophisticated as a book for an adult, but is about the concerns that teenagers actually have? Picture Quote #1

I feel like it’s hard to get into historical novels where you know what the story is far too well Picture Quote #1

I can’t tell you how irritating it is to be an atheist in a haunted house Picture Quote #1

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There are times when friendship feels like running down a hill together as fast as you can, jumping over things, spinning around, and you don’t care where you’re going, and you don’t care where you’ve come from, because all that matters is speed, and the hands holding your hands. (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) I’ve always enjoyed that kind of thing - thinking about the production of narrative and why it is that when we read a novel, we don’t notice the fact that someone who might be very close-mouthed or tight-lipped is perfectly willing to tell us a story in 600 or 700 pages. (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) I completely love music. I used to be the music critic at ‘The Improper Bostonian.’ It’s just something I’ve always loved very deeply (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) Keep thinking. You can hear our brains rattling around inside us, like the littler Russian dolls (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) Then it was this big thing. She was like, ‘I never want to see you again’, and I was like, ‘Fine. Okay? Fine. Then get some special goggles (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) We went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely suck (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) At long last, you may no longer distinguish what binds you from what is you (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) I was someone who really loved fantasy novels and science fiction novels (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) A library is an adjustable wrench for opening the head (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) I looked at her, and she was smiling like she was broken (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) I could see my face, crying, in her blank eye (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) We all flee in hope of finding some ground of security (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) It’s like a squid in love with the sky (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) The natural world is so adaptable... So adaptable you wonder what’s natural (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) You need the noise of your friends in space (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) I write for teens partially to work out whatever it was that I needed to from my own teenage years (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) And I realize that the decision to be human is not one single instant, but is a thousand choices made very day. It is choices we make every second and requires constant vigilance. We have to fight to remain human (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) People talk about the beauty of the spring, but I can’t see it. The trees are brown and bare, slimy with rain. Some are crawling with new purple hairs. And the buds are bulging like tumorous acne, and I can tell that something wet, and soft, and cold, and misshapen is about to be born. And I am turning into a vampire (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) Perhaps his gloom was due to his profession, that he lived among fallen empires, and in reading these languages that had not been spoken by the common man in centuries, he had all about him the ruin of language, evidence of toppled suburbs, grass growing among the mosaics, and voices that had been choked with poison, iron, age, or ash (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) There are times when friendship feels like running down a hill together as fast as you can, jumping over things, spinning around, and you don’t care where you’re going, and you don’t care where you’ve come from, because all that matters is speed, and the hands holding your hands (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) ... for reading, once begun, quickly becomes home and circle and court and family, and indeed, without narrative, I felt exiled from my own country. By the transport of books, that which is most foreign becomes one’s familiar walks and avenues; while that which is most familiar is removed to delightful strangeness; and unmoving, one travels infinite causeways, immobile and thus unfettered (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) It’s the end. It’s the end of the civilization. We’re going down. No, it’s sure not too attractive. Lenticels. I just hope my kids don’t live to see the last days. The things burning and people living in cellars. Violet. The only thing worse than the thought it may all come tumbling down is the thought that we may go on like this forever (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) Occasionally people ask me how it is I write different types of things, and my answer to that is it’s very natural. You get bored writing one kind of thing all the time (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) I feel like it’s important every once in a while to estrange ourselves from the familiar to remind ourselves of the potentialities of people, how many different ways there are of being (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) It’s insulting to believe that teens should have a different kind of book than an adult should (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) If we’re going to ask our kids at age 18 to go off to war and die for their country, I don’t see any problem with asking them at age 16 to think about what that might mean (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) The sky was as blue as a stupid postcard, and the islands were as green as islands (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) Why not write a book which is as sophisticated as a book for an adult, but is about the concerns that teenagers actually have? (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) I feel like it’s hard to get into historical novels where you know what the story is far too well (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes) I can’t tell you how irritating it is to be an atheist in a haunted house (Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes)

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