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title: "2 Clean air Quotes By Steve Toltz"
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> [The game is an analogy for life: there are not enough chairs or good times to go around, not enough food, not enough joy, nor beds nor jobs nor laughs nor friends nor smiles nor money nor clean air to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-toltz/the-game-is-an-analogy-for-life-there-are-not-enough-chairs-or-good/)

[Steve Toltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-toltz/)

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> [“While Terry joined the others in the pool, I subjected myself to a dreadful thing called musical chairs, another cruel game. There's one chair short, and when the music stops you have to run for a seat. The life lessons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-toltz/while-terry-joined-the-others-in-the-pool-i-subjected-myself-to-a/)

[Steve Toltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-toltz/)

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## Other authors on Clean air

- [Andrew R. Wheeler 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clean-air/andrew-r-wheeler/)

## More by Steve Toltz

> [ “To my horror principles have wormed their way into \[the\] fabric of my being.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-toltz/to-my-horror-principles-have-wormed-their-way-into-the-fabric-of-my/)

[Steve Toltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-toltz/)

> [I'm not sure if I always wanted to be a writer, but I was always writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-toltz/i-m-not-sure-if-i-always-wanted-to-be-a-writer-but-i-was-always/)

[Steve Toltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-toltz/)

> [“The problem is most of the time when God’s supposed to be the hero, he comes across as the villain. I mean, look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-toltz/the-problem-is-most-of-the-time-when-god-s-supposed-to-be-the-hero-he/)

[Steve Toltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-toltz/)

> [ \[I'll teach you\] how not to leave the windows of your heart open when it looks like rain and how everyone has a stump… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-toltz/i-ll-teach-you-how-not-to-leave-the-windows-of-your-heart-open-when/)

[Steve Toltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-toltz/)

> [...I thought how I hate any kind of mob - I hate mobs of sports fans, mobs of environmental demonstrators, I even hate mobs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-toltz/i-thought-how-i-hate-any-kind-of-mob-i-hate-mobs-of-sports-fans-mobs/)

[Steve Toltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-toltz/)

> [I was in the hospital and I was paralyzed and I went through all of these things. I've had all of these crazy experiences…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-toltz/i-was-in-the-hospital-and-i-was-paralyzed-and-i-went-through-all-of/)

[Steve Toltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-toltz/)

> [Let’s not mince words: the inside of the Sydney casino looks as if Vegas had an illegitimate child with Liberace’s underpants, and that child…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-toltz/let-s-not-mince-words-the-inside-of-the-sydney-casino-looks-as-if/)

[Steve Toltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-toltz/)

> [Optimism isn't funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. It's exaggeration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-toltz/optimism-isn-t-funny-unless-you-are-laughing-at-the-person-whereas/)

[Steve Toltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-toltz/)

> [There's nothing perplexing to me about a leafy shrub evolving out of the big bang, but that the post office exists because carbon exploded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-toltz/there-s-nothing-perplexing-to-me-about-a-leafy-shrub-evolving-out-of/)

[Steve Toltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-toltz/)

> [The game is an analogy for life: there are not enough chairs or good times to go around, not enough food, not enough joy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-toltz/the-game-is-an-analogy-for-life-there-are-not-enough-chairs-or-good/)

[Steve Toltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-toltz/)

> [“Don't touch me, you fat ghost!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-toltz/don-t-touch-me-you-fat-ghost/)

[Steve Toltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-toltz/)

> [Raymond Chandler I love a lot, and the Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard. I really love his voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-toltz/raymond-chandler-i-love-a-lot-and-the-austrian-writer-thomas-bernhard/)

[Steve Toltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-toltz/)

> [The universe doesn't really care if you bounce back. It doesn't feel that weird to write about paralysis or being in hospital or losing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-toltz/the-universe-doesn-t-really-care-if-you-bounce-back-it-doesn-t-feel/)

[Steve Toltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-toltz/)

> [“The world's not falling apart imperceptibly anymore, these days it makes a loud shredding noise!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-toltz/the-world-s-not-falling-apart-imperceptibly-anymore-these-days-it/)

[Steve Toltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-toltz/)

> [“Sex: the match that sets off human firework.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-toltz/sex-the-match-that-sets-off-human-firework/)

[Steve Toltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-toltz/)

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