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Michael Chabon Quotes

Michael Chabon quotes about life

American Author May 24, 1963

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The newspaper articles that Joe had read about the upcoming Senate investigation into comic books always cited "escapism" among the litany of injurious consequences of their reading, and dwelled on the pernicious effect, on young minds, of satisfying the desire to escape. As if there could be any more noble or necessary service in life. Michael Chabon
There is one sure means in life of ensuring that you are not ground into paste by disappointment, futility and disillusionment. And that is always to ensure, to the utmost of your ability, that you are doing it solely for the money. Michael Chabon
He allowed the world to wind him in the final set of chains, and climbed, once and for all, into the cabinet of mysteries that was the life of an ordinary man. Michael Chabon
Michael Chabon quote: "A high point in a life lived at sea level, prone to flooding."
A high point in a life lived at sea level, prone to flooding. Michael Chabon
Michael Chabon quote: "The leaves of this enormous tree, those are the million places..."
The leaves of this enormous tree, those are the million places where life lives and things happen and creatures come and go. Michael Chabon
Every universe, our own included, begins in conversation. Every golem in the history of the world, from Rabbi Hanina's delectable goat to the river-clay Frankenstein of Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel, was summoned into existence through language, through murmuring, recital, and kabbalistic chitchat -- was, literally, talked into life. Michael Chabon
Michael Chabon quote: "Entertainment is a sacred pursuit when done well. When done..."
Entertainment is a sacred pursuit when done well. When done well, it raises the quality of human life. Michael Chabon
Michael Chabon quote: "I said, “I need to hear something that’s going to save my..."
I said, “I need to hear something that’s going to save my life.” Re: Selecting songs from a jukebox. Michael Chabon
There was something unmistakably exultant about the mess that Rosa had made. Her bedroom-studio was at once the canvas, journal, museum, and midden of her life. She did not “decorate” it; she infused it. Michael Chabon
Michael Chabon quote: "Long life wore away everything that was not essential."
Long life wore away everything that was not essential. Michael Chabon
Michael Chabon quote: "The First Amendment has the same role in my life as a citizen..."
The First Amendment has the same role in my life as a citizen and a writer as the sun has in our ecosystem. Michael Chabon

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