“Hell," he said with a grin. "It's early yet. It's always early, while you still alive.” — Esi Edugyan Copy Share Image
“Do you still call it talent, if it blooms without any kind of nurturing? That's got to be something else. She made… — Esi Edugyan Copy Share Image
“She laughed. I closed my eyes. It sounded damn mournful, that laugh of hers echoing off the square.” — Esi Edugyan Beautiful writing Copy Share Image
Of all the excellent copyedits I've received over the years, Marie-Lynn Hammond's was by far the best. Her work on Half Blood… — Esi Edugyan Astute Copy Share Image
“Jazz. Here in Germany it become something worse than a virus. We was all of us damn fleas, us Negroes and Jews… — Esi Edugyan Judaism Copy Share Image
“Chip recons that he is charming as hell, and who am I to poke holes in his theory. That means that sometimes… — Esi Edugyan Truth Copy Share Image
It's like that, I guess, when the past come to collect what you owe. — Esi Edugyan Past Copy Share Image
“There's all sorts of ways to live, Chip. Some of them you give a lot. Some of them you take a lot.… — Esi Edugyan Art Copy Share Image
“Chip said it was his piano hands - one ain't never doing the same thing as the other.” — Esi Edugyan Piano Copy Share Image
Folks think a lifetime is a thing stretched out over years. It ain't. It can happen quick as a match in a… — Esi Edugyan Dark Copy Share Image
“Tell me bout this caveman with the clam moustache been barkin speeches all over Germany.” — Esi Edugyan Communication Copy Share Image
“It ain't really Czechoslovakian,' I said, coughing. 'We used to call it the Cheque. Like, you drink it up now, you pay… — Esi Edugyan Czech Copy Share Image
“This sky, Sid.It's the sky of the great epics.The great Polish epics. Of Pan Tadeusz” — Esi Edugyan Copy Share Image
The kid come in at a strange angle, made the notes glitter like crystal. — Esi Edugyan Angle Copy Share Image
Canada kills any conversation quick, I learned long ago. It's a little trick of mine. — Esi Edugyan Canada Copy Share Image
I guess mercy is a muscle like any other. You got to exercise it, or it just cramp right up. — Esi Edugyan Compassion Copy Share Image
“It ain’t fair. Gifts is divided so damn unevenly. Like God just left his damn sack of talents in a ditch somewhere… — Esi Edugyan Copy Share Image
“The only time I ever saw him untidy was after a fight. What a sight that was. James Bond run through a… — Esi Edugyan Time Copy Share Image
