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Jonathan Lethem quotes

American Writer February 19, 1964

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Jonathan Lethem quote: "May one plead, Your Honor, postmodernism as an involuntary..."
May one plead, Your Honor, postmodernism as an involuntary condition? Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem quote: "My heart and the elevator, a plummet inside a plummet."
My heart and the elevator, a plummet inside a plummet. Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem quote: "Develop your pawns or Hulk will smash."
Develop your pawns or Hulk will smash. Jonathan Lethem
I guess they needed a maze in Japan, where everything's neat and tidy. In America everybody's already wandering around lost. Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem quote: "Yeah, maybe you look a little less familiar yourself."
Yeah, maybe you look a little less familiar yourself. Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem quote: "I suppose there was never a reason for tearing down a cabin or..."
I suppose there was never a reason for tearing down a cabin or scrapping a stopped automobile, if you had all those acres. Jonathan Lethem
Tourette's is just one big lifetime of tag, really. The world (or my brain---same thing) appoints me it, again and again. So I tag back. Can it do otherwise? If you've ever been it you know the answer. Jonathan Lethem
What's lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things has become my trademark. Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem quote: "A superhero spliced criminals from victims. In Gowanus things..."
A superhero spliced criminals from victims. In Gowanus things tended to be more mixed up. Jonathan Lethem
We knew it was holy. Every sentence we cherished was sturdy and Biblical in its form, carved somehow by hand-dragged implement or slapped onto sheets by an inky key. For sentences were sculptural, were we the only ones who understood? Sentences were bodies, too, as horny as the flesh-envelopes we wore around the house all day. Jonathan Lethem
Did he ever--try?' Mingus shrugged. 'He was like you.' What's that mean?' Means he tried.' Of course. The ring was not a neutral tool. It judged its wearer: Aaron Doily flew drunkenly, and Dylan flew like a coward, only when it didn't matter, at the Windles' pond. So if had attuned to Robert Woolfolk's chaos. Don't tell me,' said Dylan. 'He flew sideways.' Mingus left it vague. He'd always made it his habit to protect their honor against one another--Dylan, Arthur, Robert. To say nothing. Jonathan Lethem
Destroy the traces. I’d never tried to do that. Instead I’d lived in their midst for thirty years, oblivious, a blind man fancying himself invisible. Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem quote: "I can't bear the silent ringing in my skull."
I can't bear the silent ringing in my skull. Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem quote: "Discomfort is very much part of my master plan."
Discomfort is very much part of my master plan. Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem quote: "The invisible are always so resolutely invisible, until you..."
The invisible are always so resolutely invisible, until you see them. Jonathan Lethem

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