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title: "4 Border Quotes By Jeff VanderMeer"
description: "4 Border quotes by Jeff VanderMeer. Plus more from Jeff VanderMeer and more Border sayings from other authors."
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> [“All of the things that wore you down, even as that was balanced by the electric feeling of being on the side…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/all-of-the-things-that-wore-you-down-even-as-that-was-balanced-by-the/)

[Jeff VanderMeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78f/jeff-vandermeer-1366_border_all-of-the-things-that-wore-you-down-eve_98529.png)

> [“What does the border look like?” A child’s question. A question whose answer means nothing. There is nothing but border. There is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/what-does-the-border-look-like-a-child-s-question-a-question-whose/)

[Jeff VanderMeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e1/jeff-vandermeer-1366_border_what-does-the-border-look-like-a-child-s_1960806.png)

> [“Whatever we think of the border, it’s important to recognise it as a limitation of Area X.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/whatever-we-think-of-the-border-it-s-important-to-recognise-it-as-a/)

[Jeff VanderMeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdb/jeff-vandermeer-1366_border_whatever-we-think-of-the-border-it-s-imp_2256267.png)

> [“What’s outside the border when you’re inside it?” “What’s the border when you’re inside it?” “What’s the border when someone is outside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/what-s-outside-the-border-when-you-re-inside-it-what-s-the-border/)

[Jeff VanderMeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc3/jeff-vandermeer-1366_border_what-s-outside-the-border-when-you-re-in_2610678.jpg)

## Other authors on Border

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/border/donald-trump/)
- [Marjorie Taylor Greene 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/border/marjorie-taylor-greene/)
- [Beto O'Rourke 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/border/beto-o-rourke/)

## More by Jeff VanderMeer

> [“Perhaps only I could truly make Wick a person, by forgiving him, and if I forgave him, if I showed I forgave him, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/perhaps-only-i-could-truly-make-wick-a-person-by-forgiving-him-and-if/)

[Jeff VanderMeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/)

> [“I knew these elements were intended for me and me alone. There were no endearments, but I understood in part because of this restraint.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/i-knew-these-elements-were-intended-for-me-and-me-alone-there-were-no/)

[Jeff VanderMeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/)

> [“What if an infection was a message, a brightness a kind of symphony? As a defense? An odd form of communication? If so, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/what-if-an-infection-was-a-message-a-brightness-a-kind-of-symphony-as/)

[Jeff VanderMeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/)

> [That's how the madness of the world tries to colonize you: from the outside in, forcing you to live in its reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/that-s-how-the-madness-of-the-world-tries-to-colonize-you-from-the/)

[Jeff VanderMeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/)

> [What I envy about musicians is, they have this more direct relationship with the audience. They don't have to go through words. Sure, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/what-i-envy-about-musicians-is-they-have-this-more-direct/)

[Jeff VanderMeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/)

> [“In college, what had always stuck with him in Astronomy 101 was that the first astronomers to think of points of light not as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/in-college-what-had-always-stuck-with-him-in-astronomy-101-was-that/)

[Jeff VanderMeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/)

> [“But I was not a domesticated animals...The dirt and grit of a city, the unending wakefulness of it, the crowdedness, the constant light obscuring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/but-i-was-not-a-domesticated-animals-the-dirt-and-grit-of-a-city-the/)

[Jeff VanderMeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/)

> [Dreams, though, are just one kind of inspiration - no more or less special than something in a newspaper article or from the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/dreams-though-are-just-one-kind-of-inspiration-no-more-or-less/)

[Jeff VanderMeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/)

> [“All of the things that wore you down, even as that was balanced by the electric feeling of being on the side of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/all-of-the-things-that-wore-you-down-even-as-that-was-balanced-by-the/)

[Jeff VanderMeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/)

> [There simply aren't enough constitutional safeguards in place to protect against a rogue president.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/there-simply-aren-t-enough-constitutional-safeguards-in-place-to/)

[Jeff Vandermeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/)

> [There are some beautiful creatures in the ocean that seem very alien at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/there-are-some-beautiful-creatures-in-the-ocean-that-seem-very-alien/)

[Jeff Vandermeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/)

> [Even a dream as inspiration doesn't mean anything unless you then find that it's sparked an actual story with a plot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/even-a-dream-as-inspiration-doesn-t-mean-anything-unless-you-then/)

[Jeff VanderMeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/)

> [I had learned so much about the world that I had decided to withdraw from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/i-had-learned-so-much-about-the-world-that-i-had-decided-to-withdraw/)

[Jeff VanderMeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/)

> [“Do you think Area X builds spaceships, too? Do you think Area X traverses interstellar space? Wormholes? Think of something more subtle, something peering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/do-you-think-area-x-builds-spaceships-too-do-you-think-area-x/)

[Jeff VanderMeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/)

> [“A sudden flash of his partner Wyte, telling him he was compromised, him replying, "I don't have an opinion on that.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/a-sudden-flash-of-his-partner-wyte-telling-him-he-was-compromised-him/)

[Jeff VanderMeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/)

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