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> [“Does it sting like this because I've been robbed or because it was never mine to steal? ... Maybe an idea, like love, cannot ever be stolen away, just as it cannot ever have belonged to me and only me.”](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/)

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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/)

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

> [“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/)

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

> [“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/)

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

> [“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/)

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

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