Top 18 Michael Gruber Quotes
#1. Yes, well, irony is no protection when you can feel the breeze from his scythe on your skin and hear the rustle of his wings.
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#2. That's remarkable too, she thought; whenever we make a noble statement it sounds false in our ears.
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#5. I've dreamed again of being in hell, vast cliffs with eyes, iron streets populated with gargoyles, half-dressed harpies, and in the streets chariots going of themselves, spitting the stench of pitch and sulphur
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#6. As a matter of fact I had a terribly traumatic childhood. But afterward I sort of reraised myself.
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#7. But it turns out that people who are grounded and secure don't change much under stress. That's what being grounded means.
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#9. Professors go batty too, perhaps more often than other people, although owing to their profession, their madness is less often remarked.
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#10. Envy is the one deadly sin that no American can ever admit to ...
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#11. 'The Book of Air and Shadows' was born during a conference with an intellectual property lawyer on a particular afternoon in November of 2003.
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#12. Does it matter, when you read, if the person who wrote still lives?
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#13. Farid, you are keeping a hawk; don't expect her to lay eggs like a chicken.
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#14. It's part of what we call the Shadow, all the dark parts of us we can't face. It's the thing that, if we don't deal with it, eventually poisons our lives.
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#15. The problem with evil people is that they can see only evil in others. It is one of the worst curses of being evil, that you can no longer experience good.
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#16. I thought I would write non-fiction. I thought I would enter the New York literary scene as copy editor, work my way up, and then write my own books.
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#17. You look at us and you see oppression; we see stability and harmony. You see corruption; we see ties of family, friendship, and mutual support. You see feudalism, we see mutual responsibility. You see the oppression of women, we see the defense of modesty.
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#18. But there's the paradox of fiction - why do you cry when a fake character dies? It's the basis of art. You engage with people who don't exist and care about them as you would your friends and relatives.
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