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title: "2 Feel Living Quotes By Russell Hoban"
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> [What a weird thing smoking is and I can't stop it. I feel cosy, have a sense of well-being when I'm smoking, poisoning myself, killing myself slowly. Not so slowly maybe. I have all kinds of pains I don't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hoban/what-a-weird-thing-smoking-is-and-i-can-t-stop-it-i-feel-cosy-have-a/)

[Russell Hoban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hoban/)

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> [But when I don't smoke I scarcely feel as if I'm living. I don't feel as if I'm living unless I'm killing myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hoban/but-when-i-don-t-smoke-i-scarcely-feel-as-if-i-m-living-i-don-t-feel/)

[Russell Hoban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hoban/)

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## More by Russell Hoban

> [Sometimes there's nothing but Sundays for weeks on end. Why can't they move Sunday to the middle of the week so you could put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hoban/sometimes-there-s-nothing-but-sundays-for-weeks-on-end-why-can-t-they/)

[Russell Hoban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hoban/)

> [Too-lateness, I realized, has nothing to do with age. It’s a relation of self to the moment. Or not, depending on the person and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hoban/too-lateness-i-realized-has-nothing-to-do-with-age-it-s-a-relation-of/)

[Russell Hoban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hoban/)

> [If the past cannot teach the present and the father cannot teach the son, then history need not have bothered to go on, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hoban/if-the-past-cannot-teach-the-present-and-the-father-cannot-teach-the/)

[Russell Hoban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hoban/)

> [“I had a salad. If I were to say that today's tomatoes were an index of the decline of Western man I should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hoban/i-had-a-salad-if-i-were-to-say-that-today-s-tomatoes-were-an-index-of/)

[Russell Hoban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hoban/)

> [“What do you do when you're wound up?' she asked. 'Do you play that drum?'. 'No,' said the child. 'We used to dance.' 'But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hoban/what-do-you-do-when-you-re-wound-up-she-asked-do-you-play-that-drum/)

[Russell Hoban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hoban/)

> [“He was thinking what a long and wide thing time is, to have so many happenings in it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hoban/he-was-thinking-what-a-long-and-wide-thing-time-is-to-have-so-many/)

[Russell Hoban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hoban/)

> [Who is Alice?" asked mother. "Alice is somebody that nobody can see," said Frances. "And that is why she does not have a birthday.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hoban/who-is-alice-asked-mother-alice-is-somebody-that-nobody-can-see-said/)

[Russell Hoban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hoban/)

> [“Mark you that and noat you wel.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hoban/mark-you-that-and-noat-you-wel/)

[Russell Hoban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hoban/)

> [“Seed of the little Seed of the wyld Seed of the berning is Hart of the chyld . . . Out goes the candl…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hoban/seed-of-the-little-seed-of-the-wyld-seed-of-the-berning-is-hart-of/)

[Russell Hoban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hoban/)

> [Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn't in us. It's almost as if we're put here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hoban/nothing-to-be-done-really-about-animals-anything-you-do-looks-foolish/)

[Russell Hoban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hoban/)

> [Sometimes I think that the biggest difference between men and women is that more men need to seek out some terrible lurking thing in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hoban/sometimes-i-think-that-the-biggest-difference-between-men-and-women/)

[Russell Hoban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hoban/)

> [“Before the motorcar replaced the horse, and for some years after there were many illustrators who drew horses with the same authority with which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hoban/before-the-motorcar-replaced-the-horse-and-for-some-years-after-there/)

[Russell Hoban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hoban/)

> [When I write a book, I don't have a plan or an outline. The characters move the action, and the action develops the characters.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hoban/when-i-write-a-book-i-don-t-have-a-plan-or-an-outline-the-characters/)

[Russell Hoban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hoban/)

> [“Sometimes I think that the biggest difference between men and women is that more men need to seek out some terrible lurking thing in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hoban/sometimes-i-think-that-the-biggest-difference-between-men-and-women-2/)

[Russell Hoban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hoban/)

> [If reality had a stage door I'd hang around there to see what comes out after the show.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hoban/if-reality-had-a-stage-door-i-d-hang-around-there-to-see-what-comes/)

[Russell Hoban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hoban/)

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