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> [“He was mixing up friendship with acts and atmospheres from the deluded matrix the boys had lived in for a heartbeat in the seventies. She thought, I am your friend, you idiot, and I let you into my perfect body,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/he-was-mixing-up-friendship-with-acts-and-atmospheres-from-the/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

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## More by Norman Rush

> [“Nina said, “Have regular facial expressions.” That was a command from their inventory of facetious devices they used to josh one another out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/nina-said-have-regular-facial-expressions-that-was-a-command-from/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [Literature is humanity talking to itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/literature-is-humanity-talking-to-itself/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [I feel like someone after a deluge being asked to describe the way it was before the flood while I'm still plucking seaweed out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/i-feel-like-someone-after-a-deluge-being-asked-to-describe-the-way-it/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [“And the question was still there of whether their true interior selves—the subtle bodies inside—were still there and functioning despite what age and accident…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/and-the-question-was-still-there-of-whether-their-true-interior/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [“The main effort of arranging your life should be to progressively reduce the amount of time required to decently maintain yourself so that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/the-main-effort-of-arranging-your-life-should-be-to-progressively/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [...There is a school of thought, a heresy from the madhouse of heresies in the ninth century, that says God is good and is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/there-is-a-school-of-thought-a-heresy-from-the-madhouse-of-heresies/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [The characters write the plot. Their natures do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/the-characters-write-the-plot-their-natures-do/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [I must love big novels, because that's what I've written. It takes a while before you begin to breathe the air the characters breathe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/i-must-love-big-novels-because-that-s-what-i-ve-written-it-takes-a/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [“There is no permanent friendship between men, among men. Something goes wrong, somebody marries the wrong person, somebody advances too fast, somebody converts, somebody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/there-is-no-permanent-friendship-between-men-among-men-something-goes/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [“Now everything was going to be impossible, but better.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/now-everything-was-going-to-be-impossible-but-better/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [“A utopia I would join in a minute is a society which could be communist or capitalist, anything, except that no woman member of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/a-utopia-i-would-join-in-a-minute-is-a-society-which-could-be/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [I wanted to incorporate everything, understand everything, because time is cruel and nothing stays the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/i-wanted-to-incorporate-everything-understand-everything-because-time/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [It’s a rare reader who doesn’t go to the novel looking for a kind of encouragement to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/it-s-a-rare-reader-who-doesn-t-go-to-the-novel-looking-for-a-kind-of/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [“It takes a while before you begin to breathe the air the characters breathe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/it-takes-a-while-before-you-begin-to-breathe-the-air-the-characters/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [Small breasts are best for the long haul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/small-breasts-are-best-for-the-long-haul/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

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