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Dave Eggers quotes

American Writer January 8, 1970

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Dave Eggers quote: "We were entwined so tightly that I was afraid to breathe, lest..."
We were entwined so tightly that I was afraid to breathe, lest she move at all. Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers quote: "I was feeling everything too much. Everything pulled at my..."
I was feeling everything too much. Everything pulled at my eyes. I spent hours floating in pools. Dave Eggers
We were fools and now we were driving to our deaths in a rental car. Janet Jackson was tinkling from the speakers, asking what we had done for her as of late Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers quote: "The Earth is an animal that shakes off its fleas when they dig..."
The Earth is an animal that shakes off its fleas when they dig too deep, bite too hard. Dave Eggers
The author would also like to acknowledge makers of comic book villains and superheroes, those who invented, or at least popularized, the notion of the normal, mild-mannered person transformed into a mutant by freak accident. Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers quote: "They took my mother's stomach out six months ago."
They took my mother's stomach out six months ago. Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers quote: "We are all feeding from each other, all the time, every day."
We are all feeding from each other, all the time, every day. Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers quote: "Stasis is itself criminal for those with the means to move."
Stasis is itself criminal for those with the means to move. Dave Eggers
So I should be aware of the dangers of self-consciousness, but at the same time, I’ll be plowing through the fog of all these echoes, plowing through mixed metaphors, noise, and will try to show the core, which is still there, as a core, and is valid, despite the fog. The core is the core is the core. There is always the core, that can’t be articulated. Only caricatured. Dave Eggers
One might think that a boy who was out in the snow for so long would get cold, but Max was not. He was warm, partly because he had on many layers, and partly because boys who are part wolf and part wind do not get cold. Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers quote: "Humans are divided between those who can still look through..."
Humans are divided between those who can still look through the eyes of youth and those who cannot. Dave Eggers
We ate, if we were fortunate, a spoonful of food each day. We drank as much water as we could keep in our cupped hands. The dying began on the fifth day. Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers quote: "Alan was feeling strong. He did two push-ups and felt stronger..."
Alan was feeling strong. He did two push-ups and felt stronger still. Dave Eggers
My head was a condemned church with a ceiling of bats, but I swung from this dark mood to euphoria when I thought about leaving. Dave Eggers
Nicaragua sounded dangerous; she liked the word. Nicaragua! It sounded like some kind of spider. There it goes, under the table - Nicaragua! Dave Eggers

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