“I had another reason for seeking Him, for trying to espy His face, a professional one. God and literature are conflated in my mind. Why this is, I’m not sure. Perhaps because great books seem heavensent. Perhaps because I know… — Paul Quarrington Copy Share Image
“Let us accept the possibility that there is, at death, not an abrupt cessation of energy, rather a dispersal. This seems more than reasonable to me. Mind you, I've owned a series of old cars, and I"m used to turning off the motor only to experience a series of rumblings and explosions that would shame many a volcano. This is… — Paul Quarrington Copy Share
“There were two separate and notable things that happened that evening, but they happened at the same time, and I do not feel it would write down properly that way, going back and forth, so what I will do is, spell out one, then the other. I always assumed that, in the few books I have read, the author had… — Paul Quarrington Copy Share
The man behind the check-in counter gives the impression that he has just axe-murdered the motel's owner (and family, and family pet) and is… — Paul Quarrington Copy Share Image
Everybody is damaged goods. Everybody got bumps and dents, ja? But sometimes two people fit together, and the bumps go into the dents, and… — Paul Quarrington Copy Share Image
“So Tony played baseball. That is, indeed, just about all that Tony did do. I don't know why it appealed so much to Tony.… — Paul Quarrington Copy Share Image
“I liked sports real well myself. And when I was about thirteen, I thought I knew why. I looked at it this way. God… — Paul Quarrington Copy Share Image
“I had another reason for seeking Him, for trying to espy His face, a professional one. God and literature are conflated in my mind.… — Paul Quarrington Copy Share Image
It once occured to me that literature - all art really - is either talking to people about God, or talking to God about… — Paul Quarrington Copy Share Image
“Like all of my important memories, it has a potency that has influenced the pocket of time that holds it, so I can remember… — Paul Quarrington Copy Share Image
“One reason might be that if I hadn't tripped, I'd have been hamburger. When this sort of thing occurs, people often say that there… — Paul Quarrington Copy Share Image
“Mind you, Thunder Bay has a lot of outskirts. It's actually two cities melded together, so in a sense it has twice as many… — Paul Quarrington Copy Share Image
