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> [“How do the turtles find Ascension Island? There are sharks in the water too. Some of the turtles get eaten by sharks. Do the turtles know about sharks? How do they not think about the sharks when they're swimming that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hoban/how-do-the-turtles-find-ascension-island-there-are-sharks-in-the/)

[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/)

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