Many a night I woke to the murmer of paper and knew (Dad) was up, sitting in the kitchen with frayed King James - oh, but he worked that book; he held to it like a rope ladder. — Leif Enger Copy Share Image
Where do you think you’re going?” Dr. Nokes demanded…. “What do you have for directions?” And Dad… said, “I have the substance of things hoped for. I have the anticipation of things unseen — Leif Enger Copy Share Image
Of all facial expressions, which is the worst to have aimed at you? Wouldn't you agree it's disgust? — Leif Enger Copy Share Image
“Let me say something about that word: miracle. For too long it's been used to characterize things or events that, though pleasant, are entirely… — Leif Enger Copy Share Image
“I breathe deeply, and certainty enters into me like light, like a piece of science, and curious music seems to hum inside my fingers.… — Leif Enger Copy Share Image
Sometimes heroism is nothing more than patience, curiosity, and a refusal to panic. — Leif Enger Copy Share Image
“Someday, you know, we're going to be shown the great ledger of our recorded decisions-a dread concept you nonetheless know in your deepest soul… — Leif Enger Copy Share Image
“Dewey Hall was the only building on campus not made of brick, and the tornado came for it in absolute maturity, no umbilical growth… — Leif Enger Copy Share Image
“You can embark on new and steeper versions of your old sin, you know, and cry tears doing it that are genuine as any.” — Leif Enger Copy Share Image
Real miracles bother people, like strange sudden pains unknown in medical literature. — Leif Enger Copy Share Image
It is one thing to say you're at war with this whole world and stick your chest out believing it, but when the world… — Leif Enger Copy Share Image
