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> [“The best thing to do—usually—was to let him play these things out. Who was I to tell a genius it was time to put his clothes back on?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristopher-jansma/the-best-thing-to-do-usually-was-to-let-him-play-these-things-out-who/)

[Kristopher Jansma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristopher-jansma/)

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## More by Kristopher Jansma

> [“The best thing to do—usually—was to let him play these things out. Who was I to tell a genius it was time to put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristopher-jansma/the-best-thing-to-do-usually-was-to-let-him-play-these-things-out-who/)

[Kristopher Jansma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristopher-jansma/)

> [“Each time it goes around a little bit, a second goes away.” “Where?” I asked, as the pendulum swung again. And again. He winked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristopher-jansma/each-time-it-goes-around-a-little-bit-a-second-goes-away-where-i/)

[Kristopher Jansma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristopher-jansma/)

> [“After I charge their brains with my own brand of skeptical electricity, I unleash them—the New Cynics—upon a world that is slowly and happily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristopher-jansma/after-i-charge-their-brains-with-my-own-brand-of-skeptical/)

[Kristopher Jansma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristopher-jansma/)

> [“We couldn’t stop following the news. Every ten seconds we refreshed our browsers and gawked at the headlines. Dully we read blogs of friends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristopher-jansma/we-couldn-t-stop-following-the-news-every-ten-seconds-we-refreshed/)

[Kristopher Jansma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristopher-jansma/)

> [“Does it sting like this because I've been robbed or because it was never mine to steal? ... Maybe an idea, like love, cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristopher-jansma/does-it-sting-like-this-because-i-ve-been-robbed-or-because-it-was/)

[Kristopher Jansma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristopher-jansma/)

> [“Everything I write is for her; none of it is ever good enough.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristopher-jansma/everything-i-write-is-for-her-none-of-it-is-ever-good-enough/)

[Kristopher Jansma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristopher-jansma/)

> [“This fountain commemorates Luxembourg’s two national poets—Lentz and Dicks,’” Jeffrey reads. “That had to be a tough name to get through school with.” I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristopher-jansma/this-fountain-commemorates-luxembourg-s-two-national-poets-lentz-and/)

[Kristopher Jansma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristopher-jansma/)

> [“The travel sites all describe Luxembourg as a fairy tale come to life, but it feels less like a Grimm land of trolls and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristopher-jansma/the-travel-sites-all-describe-luxembourg-as-a-fairy-tale-come-to-life/)

[Kristopher Jansma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristopher-jansma/)

> [“He extends a hand, larger than a dinner plate, and I have no choice but to shake it. I think I can feel my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristopher-jansma/he-extends-a-hand-larger-than-a-dinner-plate-and-i-have-no-choice-but/)

[Kristopher Jansma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristopher-jansma/)

> [“We came to the city because we wished to live haphazardly, to reach for only the least realistic of our desires, and to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristopher-jansma/we-came-to-the-city-because-we-wished-to-live-haphazardly-to-reach/)

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> [“She’s just this character to you. Both of us are! And we always have been. You don’t know what goes on in our heads.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristopher-jansma/she-s-just-this-character-to-you-both-of-us-are-and-we-always-have/)

[Kristopher Jansma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristopher-jansma/)

> [“the world.” Jeffrey just shakes his head. “You don’t know what it was like. You weren’t there when things got really bad. That Haslett…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristopher-jansma/the-world-jeffrey-just-shakes-his-head-you-don-t-know-what-it-was/)

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> [“Evelyn was followed in by a sour-faced woman with long, glamorous dark hair and a stern-looking gentleman in a tuxedo who looked just like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristopher-jansma/evelyn-was-followed-in-by-a-sour-faced-woman-with-long-glamorous-dark/)

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> [“And for this imperfect immortality, what prices have been paid? How many livers, lungs, and veins? Shredded, polluted, shot? How many children deserted, family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristopher-jansma/and-for-this-imperfect-immortality-what-prices-have-been-paid-how/)

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