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> [He existed a step or two to one side of the common world, largely out of sight, a shadow, all but invisible. Whatever he owned, either he could hoist it on his back and lug it along or he could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-sallis/he-existed-a-step-or-two-to-one-side-of-the-common-world-largely-out/)

[James Sallis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-sallis/)

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## More by James Sallis

> [“You're not very good at this, are you?' 'At what I do, I'm the best. This isn't what I do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-sallis/you-re-not-very-good-at-this-are-you-at-what-i-do-i-m-the-best-this/)

[James Sallis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-sallis/)

> [“Rina’s always claimed that I expect too little from life,” Standard said. “Then at least you’ll never be disappointed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-sallis/rina-s-always-claimed-that-i-expect-too-little-from-life-standard/)

[James Sallis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-sallis/)

> [The best predictor of preschool children's physical activity is simply being outdoors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-sallis/the-best-predictor-of-preschool-children-s-physical-activity-is/)

[James Sallis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-sallis/)

> [“Some brainless comedy where actors with perfect white teeth spoke their lines then froze in place to let the laugh track unwind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-sallis/some-brainless-comedy-where-actors-with-perfect-white-teeth-spoke/)

[James Sallis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-sallis/)

> [He existed a step or two to one side of the common world, largely out of sight, a shadow, all but invisible. Whatever he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-sallis/he-existed-a-step-or-two-to-one-side-of-the-common-world-largely-out/)

[James Sallis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-sallis/)

> [ “In my junior year I discovered books. . . . Devoured \[them\] the way other kids did candy or sandwiches, spent days hunched over… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-sallis/in-my-junior-year-i-discovered-books-devoured-them-the-way-other-kids/)

[James Sallis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-sallis/)

> [“We're professionals. People make deals, they need to stick to them. That's the way it works, if it's going to work at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-sallis/we-re-professionals-people-make-deals-they-need-to-stick-to-them-that/)

[James Sallis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-sallis/)

> [Mostly what you lose with time, in memory, is the specificity of things, their exact sequence. It all runs together, becomes a watery soup.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-sallis/mostly-what-you-lose-with-time-in-memory-is-the-specificity-of-things/)

[James Sallis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-sallis/)

> [“We aren’t angels. Angels couldn’t breathe the air down here. They’d die.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-sallis/we-aren-t-angels-angels-couldn-t-breathe-the-air-down-here-they-d-die/)

[James Sallis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-sallis/)

> [Bombs fall and wipe out civilization as we know it, two things come up out of the ashes: roaches and F-150s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-sallis/bombs-fall-and-wipe-out-civilization-as-we-know-it-two-things-come-up/)

[James Sallis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-sallis/)

> [Truth is, of course, relative. But then, so is relative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-sallis/truth-is-of-course-relative-but-then-so-is-relative/)

[James Sallis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-sallis/)

> [What critics might call eclectic, and Eastern folks quirky, we Southerners call cussedness-and it's the cornerstone of the American genius. As in: 'There's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-sallis/what-critics-might-call-eclectic-and-eastern-folks-quirky-we/)

[James Sallis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-sallis/)

> [“Find beauty, try to understand, survive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-sallis/find-beauty-try-to-understand-survive/)

[James Sallis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-sallis/)

> [“Maybe he should turn around. Go back and tell them that’s what life was, a long series of things that didn’t go down the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-sallis/maybe-he-should-turn-around-go-back-and-tell-them-that-s-what-life/)

[James Sallis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-sallis/)

> [“That you're Borges.' Manny laughed. 'Of course you are, you dumb shit. That's the whole point.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-sallis/that-you-re-borges-manny-laughed-of-course-you-are-you-dumb-shit-that/)

[James Sallis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-sallis/)

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