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> [ “\[...\] I'd wake up in the middle of the night to the Star-Spangled Banner and some old film of a flag blowing in the wind, telling you the day was over and it was long past time to go to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-montoure/i-d-wake-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night-to-the-star-spangled-banner/)

[Michael Montoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-montoure/)

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## More by Michael Montoure

> [“He took me down and out into the afterlife of the brightly lit streets, a haze of rain around each streetlight like a galaxy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-montoure/he-took-me-down-and-out-into-the-afterlife-of-the-brightly-lit/)

[Michael Montoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-montoure/)

> [“Life went back to normal, after that, as it will do if you're not careful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-montoure/life-went-back-to-normal-after-that-as-it-will-do-if-you-re-not/)

[Michael Montoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-montoure/)

> [“He found, using fifty stones to keep track, that he could easily remember the names of all fifty states, and he knew the capitols…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-montoure/he-found-using-fifty-stones-to-keep-track-that-he-could-easily/)

[Michael Montoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-montoure/)

> [“I try asking him some more questions, but it's like talking to voice mail.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-montoure/i-try-asking-him-some-more-questions-but-it-s-like-talking-to-voice/)

[Michael Montoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-montoure/)

> [“They play strange games, games I don't recognize. They pull buttons off their clothes and exchange them back and forth, palming and concealing them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-montoure/they-play-strange-games-games-i-don-t-recognize-they-pull-buttons-off/)

[Michael Montoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-montoure/)

> [“Why do you have to ruin everything?' he asked. 'Why do you have to name everything? Decide what's real and what's - why can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-montoure/why-do-you-have-to-ruin-everything-he-asked-why-do-you-have-to-name/)

[Michael Montoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-montoure/)

> [“Fell?' he asked. 'Or was pushed?' Anton shrugged again. 'It hardly makes a difference,' he said, 'when you are the man at the bottom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-montoure/fell-he-asked-or-was-pushed-anton-shrugged-again-it-hardly-makes-a/)

[Michael Montoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-montoure/)

> [“Time falls on us, like rain, it falls like rain until we drown in it, and sometimes, it's like the drains overflow, and time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-montoure/time-falls-on-us-like-rain-it-falls-like-rain-until-we-drown-in-it/)

[Michael Montoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-montoure/)

> [“I listen to the grinding whir of the clock, and the creaking of my listing bed, and the sound the phone doesn't make when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-montoure/i-listen-to-the-grinding-whir-of-the-clock-and-the-creaking-of-my/)

[Michael Montoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-montoure/)

> [“What's a reputation for, if not for proceeding oneself?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-montoure/what-s-a-reputation-for-if-not-for-proceeding-oneself/)

[Michael Montoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-montoure/)

> [“We used to make gods, and we used to make sacrifices to them, and they would reward us. We're still doing it and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-montoure/we-used-to-make-gods-and-we-used-to-make-sacrifices-to-them-and-they/)

[Michael Montoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-montoure/)

> [ “\[...\] I'd wake up in the middle of the night to the Star-Spangled Banner and some old film of a flag blowing in the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-montoure/i-d-wake-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night-to-the-star-spangled-banner/)

[Michael Montoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-montoure/)

> [“In the dim light of the closed bar, he thought at first it was silver, but as he reached inside and held it up,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-montoure/in-the-dim-light-of-the-closed-bar-he-thought-at-first-it-was-silver/)

[Michael Montoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-montoure/)

> [“He'd wanted to - he didn't know. Break bottles. Break windows, crash cars. Burn down the world. Find solace at the bottom of countless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-montoure/he-d-wanted-to-he-didn-t-know-break-bottles-break-windows-crash-cars/)

[Michael Montoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-montoure/)

> [“The broken centerline of the road in her headlights just an endless pulsing ribbon.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-montoure/the-broken-centerline-of-the-road-in-her-headlights-just-an-endless/)

[Michael Montoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-montoure/)

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