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> [“It's called a gui-tar. It's used to perform American rural music. It's said to be especially popular in Texas," he told her. "It's also the instrument of choice for playing 'the blues,' which is a form of American music that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-johnson/it-s-called-a-gui-tar-it-s-used-to-perform-american-rural-music-it-s/)

[Adam Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-johnson/)

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## More by Adam Johnson

> [I am a champion standing over the shadow of my former self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-johnson/i-am-a-champion-standing-over-the-shadow-of-my-former-self/)

[Adam Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-johnson/)

> [“If only more people in life said, This is what I must have.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-johnson/if-only-more-people-in-life-said-this-is-what-i-must-have/)

[Adam Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-johnson/)

> [Like putting a name to my problems would solve anything](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-johnson/like-putting-a-name-to-my-problems-would-solve-anything/)

[Adam Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-johnson/)

> [“The darkness inside your head is something your imagination fills with stories that have nothing to do with the real darkness around you”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-johnson/the-darkness-inside-your-head-is-something-your-imagination-fills/)

[Adam Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-johnson/)

> [“Was this what a family was, how it grew—straight as the children’s teeth? Sure, there was an arm in a sling and over time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-johnson/was-this-what-a-family-was-how-it-grew-straight-as-the-children-s/)

[Adam Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-johnson/)

> [“Real stories like this, human ones, could get you sent to prison, and it didn’t matter what they were about. It didn’t matter if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-johnson/real-stories-like-this-human-ones-could-get-you-sent-to-prison-and-it/)

[Adam Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-johnson/)

> [“To survive in this world, you got to be many times a coward but at least once a hero”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-johnson/to-survive-in-this-world-you-got-to-be-many-times-a-coward-but-at/)

[Adam Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-johnson/)

> [“It wasn’t that I didn’t know anyone’s phone number—I didn’t—it was that only at this moment did I realize I had no one to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-johnson/it-wasn-t-that-i-didn-t-know-anyone-s-phone-number-i-didn-t-it-was/)

[Adam Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-johnson/)

> [“But I held her in my heart, and would stay with her all my days, even if a great many of them were trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-johnson/but-i-held-her-in-my-heart-and-would-stay-with-her-all-my-days-even/)

[Adam Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-johnson/)

> [The next day, she was silent. For breakfast, she murdered an onion and served it raw.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-johnson/the-next-day-she-was-silent-for-breakfast-she-murdered-an-onion-and/)

[Adam Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-johnson/)

> [“Acts of heroism are easy—becoming a hero is a bitch.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-johnson/acts-of-heroism-are-easy-becoming-a-hero-is-a-bitch/)

[Adam Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-johnson/)

> [“The urge to create a fictional narrative is a mysterious one, and when an idea comes, the writer's sense of what a story wants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-johnson/the-urge-to-create-a-fictional-narrative-is-a-mysterious-one-and-when/)

[adam johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-johnson/)

> [But, in North Korea, it's just the opposite. There's one story. It's written by the Kim regime. And 23 million people are conscripted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-johnson/but-in-north-korea-it-s-just-the-opposite-there-s-one-story-it-s/)

[Adam Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-johnson/)

> [“What was it about English speakers that allowed them to talk into transmitters as if the sky were a diary?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-johnson/what-was-it-about-english-speakers-that-allowed-them-to-talk-into/)

[Adam Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-johnson/)

> [“It’s okay if you can’t make sense of that. I’ve tried and tried, but I can’t grasp it, either. The most vital things we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-johnson/it-s-okay-if-you-can-t-make-sense-of-that-i-ve-tried-and-tried-but-i/)

[Adam Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-johnson/)

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