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> [“I was thinking. What if the world was like one of those Russian nesting dolls? What if we only saw one surface of it, the outside, but there was all kinds of other stuff going on, too? All the time.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-smith/i-was-thinking-what-if-the-world-was-like-one-of-those-russian/)

[Andrew Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-smith/)

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## More by Andrew Smith

> [“I was thinking. What if the world was like one of those Russian nesting dolls? What if we only saw one surface of it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-smith/i-was-thinking-what-if-the-world-was-like-one-of-those-russian/)

[Andrew Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-smith/)

> [“History is full of decapitations, and Iowa is no exception.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-smith/history-is-full-of-decapitations-and-iowa-is-no-exception/)

[Andrew Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-smith/)

> [“All good books are about everything, abbreviated.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-smith/all-good-books-are-about-everything-abbreviated/)

[Andrew Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-smith/)

> [“Worry and regret are both useless weights that provide no drag. They never did anything to slow down the planet for one goddamned second.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-smith/worry-and-regret-are-both-useless-weights-that-provide-no-drag-they/)

[Andrew Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-smith/)

> [“Sometimes it is perfectly acceptable to decide not to decide, to remain confused and wide-eyed about the next thing that will pop up in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-smith/sometimes-it-is-perfectly-acceptable-to-decide-not-to-decide-to/)

[Andrew Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-smith/)

> [“People fear what they can not understand and what they can not control.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-smith/people-fear-what-they-can-not-understand-and-what-they-can-not-control/)

[Andrew Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-smith/)

> [“Joey told me nothing ever goes back exactly the way it was, that things expand and contract – like breathing, but you could never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-smith/joey-told-me-nothing-ever-goes-back-exactly-the-way-it-was-that/)

[Andrew Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-smith/)

> [“You know, if they ever gave a Nobel Prize for avoiding work, every year some white guy in Iowa would get a million bucks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-smith/you-know-if-they-ever-gave-a-nobel-prize-for-avoiding-work-every-year/)

[Andrew Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-smith/)

> [“Was Apollo worth all the effort and expense? If it had been about the Moon, the answer would be no, but it wasn't, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-smith/was-apollo-worth-all-the-effort-and-expense-if-it-had-been-about-the/)

[Andrew Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-smith/)

> [“I once heard a tobacco-chewing hog farmer say that, in Iowa, folks like to spread out their children like dog shit on a dance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-smith/i-once-heard-a-tobacco-chewing-hog-farmer-say-that-in-iowa-folks-like/)

[Andrew Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-smith/)

> [“Not a very pretty world, is it?" "Which one?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-smith/not-a-very-pretty-world-is-it-which-one/)

[Andrew Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-smith/)

> [“Everyone on every road that crossed beneath the point of my pen was always going to do the same things over and over and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-smith/everyone-on-every-road-that-crossed-beneath-the-point-of-my-pen-was/)

[Andrew Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-smith/)

> [“Do you think I'm queer, Rob?" I asked. "I don't care if you're queer," Robby said. " Queer is just a word. Like orange.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-smith/do-you-think-i-m-queer-rob-i-asked-i-don-t-care-if-you-re-queer-robby/)

[Andrew Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-smith/)

> [“History shows that erections happen at the worst possible times, and they stick around until someone else notices them. Often, it is either a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-smith/history-shows-that-erections-happen-at-the-worst-possible-times-and/)

[Andrew Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-smith/)

> [“Apollo has something to teach us as we enter a new century of genetic modification, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology. It's a cautionary tale about that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-smith/apollo-has-something-to-teach-us-as-we-enter-a-new-century-of-genetic/)

[Andrew Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-smith/)

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