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Russell Hoban Quotes

Life is a process of one goneness after another Picture Quote #1

If reality had a stage door I’d hang around there to see what comes out after the show Picture Quote #1

Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn’t in us. It’s almost as if we’re put here on earth to show how silly they aren’t Picture Quote #1

Sometimes there’s nothing but Sundays for weeks on end. Why can’t they move Sunday to the middle of the week so you could put it in the OUT tray on your desk? Picture Quote #1

There is a tiger in my room,’ said Frances. ‘Did he bite you?’ said Father. ‘No,’ said Frances. ‘Did he scratch you?’ said Mother. ‘No,’ said Frances. ‘Then he is a friendly tiger,’ said Father. ‘He will not hurt you. Go back to sleep Picture Quote #1

But when I don’t smoke I scarcely feel as if I’m living. I don’t feel as if I’m living unless I’m killing myself Picture Quote #1

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An idea is an eye given by God for the seeing of God. Some of these eyes we cannot bear to look out of; we blind them as quickly as possible Picture Quote #1

I believe that most of us would like to be thought well of by horses Picture Quote #1

More and more I’m aware that the permutations are not unlimited Picture Quote #1

Them as counts counts moren them as don’t count Picture Quote #1

Explorers have to be ready to die lost Picture Quote #1

Is there an existence that is only mine? Picture Quote #1

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A family is everybody all together Picture Quote #1

An ordinary mirror is silvered at the back but the window of the night train has darkness behind the glass. My face and the faces of other travellers were now mirrored on this darkness in a succession of stillnesses. Consider this, said the darkness: any motion at any speed is a succession of stillnesses; any section through an action will show just such a plane of stillness as this dark window in which your seeking face is mirrored. And in each plane of stillness is the moment of clarity that makes you responsible for what you do Picture Quote #1

A map is the dead body of where you’ve been. A map is the unborn baby of where you’re going. There are no maps. Maps are pictures of what isn’t Picture Quote #1

And now it seems she’s on my wavelength. That’s all I need. My mind isn’t much of a comfort to me but at least I thought it was private Picture Quote #1

There must be a lot of people in the world being wondered about by people who don’t see them anymore Picture Quote #1

It’s almost as if we’re put here on earth to show how silly they aren’t Picture Quote #1

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If the past cannot teach the present and the father cannot teach the son, then history need not have bothered to go on, and the world has wasted a great deal of time Picture Quote #1

Me, what’s that after all? An arbitrary limitation of being bounded by the people before and after and on either side. Where they leave off, I begin, and vice versa Picture Quote #1

There were times when it seemed to him that the different parts of him were not all under the same management Picture Quote #1

When you suffer an attack of nerves you’re being attacked by the nervous system. What chance has a man got against a system? Picture Quote #1

There are situations in life to which the only satisfactory response is a physically violent one. If you don’t make that response, you continually relive the unresolved situation over and over in your life Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I think that the biggest difference between men and women is that more men need to seek out some terrible lurking thing in existence and hurl themselves upon it. Women know where it lives but they can let it alone Picture Quote #1

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Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn’t in us. It’s almost as if were put here on earth to show how silly they aren’t Picture Quote #1

Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history Picture Quote #1

After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language? Picture Quote #1

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Life is a process of one goneness after another (Russell Hoban Quotes) If reality had a stage door I’d hang around there to see what comes out after the show (Russell Hoban Quotes) Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn’t in us. It’s almost as if we’re put here on earth to show how silly they aren’t. (Russell Hoban Quotes) Sometimes there’s nothing but Sundays for weeks on end. Why can’t they move Sunday to the middle of the week so you could put it in the OUT tray on your desk? (Russell Hoban Quotes) There is a tiger in my room,’ said Frances. ‘Did he bite you?’ said Father. ‘No,’ said Frances. ‘Did he scratch you?’ said Mother. ‘No,’ said Frances. ‘Then he is a friendly tiger,’ said Father. ‘He will not hurt you. Go back to sleep (Russell Hoban Quotes) But when I don’t smoke I scarcely feel as if I’m living. I don’t feel as if I’m living unless I’m killing myself (Russell Hoban Quotes) An idea is an eye given by God for the seeing of God. Some of these eyes we cannot bear to look out of; we blind them as quickly as possible (Russell Hoban Quotes) I believe that most of us would like to be thought well of by horses (Russell Hoban Quotes) More and more I’m aware that the permutations are not unlimited (Russell Hoban Quotes) Them as counts counts moren them as don’t count (Russell Hoban Quotes) Explorers have to be ready to die lost (Russell Hoban Quotes) Is there an existence that is only mine? (Russell Hoban Quotes) A family is everybody all together (Russell Hoban Quotes) An ordinary mirror is silvered at the back but the window of the night train has darkness behind the glass. My face and the faces of other travellers were now mirrored on this darkness in a succession of stillnesses. Consider this, said the darkness: any motion at any speed is a succession of stillnesses; any section through an action will show just such a plane of stillness as this dark window in which your seeking face is mirrored. And in each plane of stillness is the moment of clarity that makes you responsible for what you do (Russell Hoban Quotes) A map is the dead body of where you’ve been. A map is the unborn baby of where you’re going. There are no maps. Maps are pictures of what isn’t (Russell Hoban Quotes) And now it seems she’s on my wavelength. That’s all I need. My mind isn’t much of a comfort to me but at least I thought it was private (Russell Hoban Quotes) There must be a lot of people in the world being wondered about by people who don’t see them anymore (Russell Hoban Quotes) It’s almost as if we’re put here on earth to show how silly they aren’t (Russell Hoban Quotes) If the past cannot teach the present and the father cannot teach the son, then history need not have bothered to go on, and the world has wasted a great deal of time (Russell Hoban Quotes) Me, what’s that after all? An arbitrary limitation of being bounded by the people before and after and on either side. Where they leave off, I begin, and vice versa (Russell Hoban Quotes) There were times when it seemed to him that the different parts of him were not all under the same management (Russell Hoban Quotes) When you suffer an attack of nerves you’re being attacked by the nervous system. What chance has a man got against a system? (Russell Hoban Quotes) There are situations in life to which the only satisfactory response is a physically violent one. If you don’t make that response, you continually relive the unresolved situation over and over in your life (Russell Hoban Quotes) Sometimes I think that the biggest difference between men and women is that more men need to seek out some terrible lurking thing in existence and hurl themselves upon it. Women know where it lives but they can let it alone (Russell Hoban Quotes) Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn’t in us. It’s almost as if were put here on earth to show how silly they aren’t (Russell Hoban Quotes) Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history (Russell Hoban Quotes) After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language? (Russell Hoban Quotes)