“It's not that I'm being shy. It's just that -- well, for one, I don't even remember the event. It's a blank:… — Tom McCarthy Copy Share Image
“It's not that I'm being shy. It's just that -- well, for one, I don't even remember the event. It's a blank: a white… — Tom McCarthy Copy Share Image
“All great enterprises are about logistics. Not genius or inspiration or flights of imagination, skill or cunning, but logistics.” — Tom McCarthy Copy Share Image
“[...]to be real--to become fluent, natural, to cut out the detour that sweeps us around what's fundamental to events, preventing us from touching their… — Tom McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Literature has to remain frustrating — to withhold something, remain incomplete — or it’s not literature anymore, but rather entertainment, edification or interpretation. That’s… — Tom McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Surplus matter. I'd forgotten all about that phrase, those classes -- even before the accident, I mean. After the accident I forgot everything. It… — Tom McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Guns aren't just history's props and agents: they're history itself, spinning alternate futures in their chamber, hurling the present from their barrel, casting aside… — Tom McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Another bottle was brought out and poured into the reservoir. Once more I climbed inside the car and pressed the spurter button. Once more… — Tom McCarthy Copy Share Image
“I stopped right in the middle of the road. There was no traffic. Before heading back towards my flat to get the number I… — Tom McCarthy Copy Share Image
![“[...]to be real--to become fluent, natural, to cut out the detour that sweeps us around what's fundamental to events, preventing us from touching their core: the detour that makes us all second-hand and second-rate.” quote by Tom McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f73/tom-mccarthy-45935_authenticity_to-be-real-to-become-fluent-natural-to-c_840387.jpg)
