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> [I read individual stories a lot in magazines and other places, too, but I really think there's something to be said for reading story collections as collections. That's not true of all story collections, to be honest, but for good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-evenson/i-read-individual-stories-a-lot-in-magazines-and-other-places-too-but/)

[Brian Evenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-evenson/)

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## More by Brian Evenson

> [I don't think that writing, real writing, has much to do with affirming belief--if anything it causes rifts and gaps in belief which make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-evenson/i-don-t-think-that-writing-real-writing-has-much-to-do-with-affirming/)

[Brian Evenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-evenson/)

> [“What was the truth? he wondered. How important was it to know? And once he knew, what then?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-evenson/what-was-the-truth-he-wondered-how-important-was-it-to-know-and-once/)

[Brian Evenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-evenson/)

> [Anything can happen: anything. Or nothing. Who can say? The world, monstrous, is made that way, and in the end consumes us all. Who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-evenson/anything-can-happen-anything-or-nothing-who-can-say-the-world/)

[Brian Evenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-evenson/)

> [ Truth cannot be imparted. \[\] It must be inflicted. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-evenson/truth-cannot-be-imparted-it-must-be-inflicted/)

[Brian Evenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-evenson/)

> [In Kamby Bolongo Mean River damage and delusion walk hand in hand, and everything we think we know is gradually called into question. Reading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-evenson/in-kamby-bolongo-mean-river-damage-and-delusion-walk-hand-in-hand-and/)

[Brian Evenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-evenson/)

> [“Curiosity is a terrible thing, he was thinking. How is it possible to stop oneself from needing to know?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-evenson/curiosity-is-a-terrible-thing-he-was-thinking-how-is-it-possible-to/)

[Brian Evenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-evenson/)

> [Philosophy does provide me a structure and a way of thinking. Religion - like the religion I grew up with, Mormonism - also provides…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-evenson/philosophy-does-provide-me-a-structure-and-a-way-of-thinking-religion/)

[Brian Evenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-evenson/)

> [“Fiction is a set of observable manifestations, as represented and frozen in language, that triggers a profoundly subjective and individual experience. Ultimately, this is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-evenson/fiction-is-a-set-of-observable-manifestations-as-represented-and/)

[Brian Evenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-evenson/)

> [One of the primary differences for me between fiction and poetry is that fiction uses every sort of tool that poetry does but hides…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-evenson/one-of-the-primary-differences-for-me-between-fiction-and-poetry-is/)

[Brian Evenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-evenson/)

> [“Truth cannot be imparted," said Kline. "It must be inflicted.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-evenson/truth-cannot-be-imparted-said-kline-it-must-be-inflicted/)

[Brian Evenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-evenson/)

> [“Hell is crammed full of godly men.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-evenson/hell-is-crammed-full-of-godly-men/)

[Brian Evenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-evenson/)

> [Like a cross between Paul Auster's The Book of Illusions and Janice Lee's Damnation, The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing is at once smart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-evenson/like-a-cross-between-paul-auster-s-the-book-of-illusions-and-janice/)

[Brian Evenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-evenson/)

> [“Still,” said Ramse. “You’re not much. You’re what you are and we love you for it, but you’re not much.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-evenson/still-said-ramse-you-re-not-much-you-re-what-you-are-and-we-love-you/)

[Brian Evenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-evenson/)

> [“He found the slot that people thought best suited him and he crammed himself into it. He grew up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-evenson/he-found-the-slot-that-people-thought-best-suited-him-and-he-crammed/)

[Brian Evenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-evenson/)

> [“Of course there’s another choice, he thought. There is always another choice. I’m just not going to take it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-evenson/of-course-there-s-another-choice-he-thought-there-is-always-another/)

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