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> [“whatever fate sends us quickly becomes us, and we grow blind to what we might otherwise have been. And”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-t-vollmann/whatever-fate-sends-us-quickly-becomes-us-and-we-grow-blind-to-what/)

[William T. Vollmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-t-vollmann/)

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## More by William T. Vollmann

> [Some friends and I, we went right up there behind the studio and we got on a train, we could tell it was going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-t-vollmann/some-friends-and-i-we-went-right-up-there-behind-the-studio-and-we/)

[William T. Vollmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-t-vollmann/)

> [I read and write for most of the day, but I do let myself be interrupted by real life. I enjoy going out with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-t-vollmann/i-read-and-write-for-most-of-the-day-but-i-do-let-myself-be/)

[William T. Vollmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-t-vollmann/)

> [“A treble clef, for example, resembles a Muscovite or Leningrader in a bulky hooded parka. A bass clef bends as simply and painfully as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-t-vollmann/a-treble-clef-for-example-resembles-a-muscovite-or-leningrader-in-a/)

[William T. Vollmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-t-vollmann/)

> [Oh, ants, my sisters, good old honeydew-seekers! From close up you are sticky and shiny and gristly; and your nymphs have parasitic red mites…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-t-vollmann/oh-ants-my-sisters-good-old-honeydew-seekers-from-close-up-you-are/)

[William T. Vollmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-t-vollmann/)

> [It will be fun to give some to prostitutes,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-t-vollmann/it-will-be-fun-to-give-some-to-prostitutes/)

[William T. Vollmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-t-vollmann/)

> [If I didn't feel that I was doing something or trying to do something for others, then I would have very little excuse for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-t-vollmann/if-i-didn-t-feel-that-i-was-doing-something-or-trying-to-do-something/)

[William T. Vollmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-t-vollmann/)

> [Just for the hell of it, try to love someone as unlike you as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-t-vollmann/just-for-the-hell-of-it-try-to-love-someone-as-unlike-you-as-possible/)

[William T. Vollmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-t-vollmann/)

> [“The shortest man, codenamed RIMSKY, said to me that freedom means understanding our place within the laws of history; we are more free when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-t-vollmann/the-shortest-man-codenamed-rimsky-said-to-me-that-freedom-means/)

[William T. Vollmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-t-vollmann/)

> [“Do you want to know what happiness is? Happiness is the absence of unpleasant information.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-t-vollmann/do-you-want-to-know-what-happiness-is-happiness-is-the-absence-of/)

[William T. Vollmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-t-vollmann/)

> [My father hates organized religion, probably because he hates the God who killed his little girl back in 1968. I find religions variously bemusing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-t-vollmann/my-father-hates-organized-religion-probably-because-he-hates-the-god/)

[William T. Vollmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-t-vollmann/)

> [There's an Inuit myth about the origin of the human race. There were two brothers, and the younger brother eventually gets changed into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-t-vollmann/there-s-an-inuit-myth-about-the-origin-of-the-human-race-there-were/)

[William T. Vollmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-t-vollmann/)

> [Don't write for money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-t-vollmann/don-t-write-for-money/)

[William T. Vollmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-t-vollmann/)

> [I first got really interested in Noh in about 1977. There was an independent bookstore in Bloomington, Indiana where I was going to high…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-t-vollmann/i-first-got-really-interested-in-noh-in-about-1977-there-was-an/)

[William T. Vollmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-t-vollmann/)

> [“More aid, better directed! Couldn't we all use that? And what if the universe enacts less aid, more poorly directed?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-t-vollmann/more-aid-better-directed-couldn-t-we-all-use-that-and-what-if-the/)

[William T. Vollmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-t-vollmann/)

> [“whatever fate sends us quickly becomes us, and we grow blind to what we might otherwise have been. And”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-t-vollmann/whatever-fate-sends-us-quickly-becomes-us-and-we-grow-blind-to-what/)

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