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# Joe Meno

(1974)   Novelist   United States

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Joe Meno is a novelist from the United States, best known for *The Great Perhaps*.

## Quick Facts About Joe Meno

Born January 1, 1974

Nationality United States

Profession Novelist

Notable works The Great Perhaps

## About Joe Meno

Joe Meno is an American novelist, writer of short fiction, playwright, and music journalist based in Chicago.

## Awards & Honors

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##  Quotes by Joe Meno · Page 2

> [What I've learned is that there is nothing in this life that does not fail to disappoint us, even our own deaths.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/what-i-ve-learned-is-that-there-is-nothing-in-this-life-that-does-not/)

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> [Our worlds are so momentary. We are along all our lives and then go off that way as well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/our-worlds-are-so-momentary-we-are-along-all-our-lives-and-then-go/)

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[Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/)

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> [“I'm still trying to figure things out too. All I know is a couple of very unimportant things.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/i-m-still-trying-to-figure-things-out-too-all-i-know-is-a-couple-of/)

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> [“I don’t think I’m special. I want you to know that,” Odile says sharply. “I don’t think I’m better than everybody else.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/i-don-t-think-i-m-special-i-want-you-to-know-that-odile-says-sharply/)

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> [The longer human beings exist, it seems, the less likely we are to choose to be brave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/the-longer-human-beings-exist-it-seems-the-less-likely-we-are-to/)

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> [“Maybe. Because he’s got to try. Because she is too interesting, too beautiful not to even do anything.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/maybe-because-he-s-got-to-try-because-she-is-too-interesting-too/)

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> [“Please let there be a heaven for everything that is too pitiful to believe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/please-let-there-be-a-heaven-for-everything-that-is-too-pitiful-to/)

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[Heaven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heaven/)

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> [Beneath all of her thoughts and worries, beneath the complication of conflicting identities and needs, maybe it's as simple as loving the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/beneath-all-of-her-thoughts-and-worries-beneath-the-complication-of/)

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> [“Jack: Well, I've never been to New York, but I hear it's for assholes. Odile: It's not. Jack: Well, that's what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/jack-well-i-ve-never-been-to-new-york-but-i-hear-it-s-for-assholes/)

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> [“Go to a goddamn priest if you wanna be lied to. I've seen too many of your kind slip back inside to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/go-to-a-goddamn-priest-if-you-wanna-be-lied-to-i-ve-seen-too-many-of/)

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> [And it's exactly what's wrong with the radio. It's like...anything that tries to appeal to everybody always ends up sounding so cheap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/and-it-s-exactly-what-s-wrong-with-the-radio-it-s-like-anything-that/)

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> [“Maybe, he thinks, as he’s riding on through the snow, maybe this is why she’s leaving. Maybe she fell in love with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/maybe-he-thinks-as-he-s-riding-on-through-the-snow-maybe-this-is-why/)

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[Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/)

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> [Do not be confused by what the natural world knows: We are all, in our own way, completely and totally alone. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/do-not-be-confused-by-what-the-natural-world-knows-we-are-all-in-our/)

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> [“The only thing all men have in common with one another is their inherent capacity to make mistakes. But there is wonder…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/the-only-thing-all-men-have-in-common-with-one-another-is-their/)

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> [“C. On that cloudless Saturday morning, Madeline wakes up and sees Jonathan lying beside her, then decides that she’s probably going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/c-on-that-cloudless-saturday-morning-madeline-wakes-up-and-sees/)

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> [Funny as hell, searingly honest, and urgently real, Sam Pink's Rontel puts to shame most modern fiction. His writing perfectly captures the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/funny-as-hell-searingly-honest-and-urgently-real-sam-pink-s-rontel/)

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> [“I really do. It’s the first time I don’t have to think at work, you know. It’s really simple. You just answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/i-really-do-it-s-the-first-time-i-don-t-have-to-think-at-work-you/)

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> [A book is actually a place, a place where we, as adults, still have the chance to engage in active imagining, translating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/a-book-is-actually-a-place-a-place-where-we-as-adults-still-have-the/)

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> [“He wants to say: First of all, you were wrong about pop music. And art and all of pop culture. And all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/he-wants-to-say-first-of-all-you-were-wrong-about-pop-music-and-art/)

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> [“We’re adults,” he says quickly. “I’m only here to work. I won’t bother you or anything.” “Fine,” she says. “Great.” “Great,” he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/we-re-adults-he-says-quickly-i-m-only-here-to-work-i-won-t-bother-you/)

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> [Potluck Supper with Meeting to Follow is a marvel, deftly examining the connections between art and everyday life. Andy Sturdevant's lively, unique…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/potluck-supper-with-meeting-to-follow-is-a-marvel-deftly-examining/)

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> [“What Mr. Albee most desires is for the Model UN, the entire group of them, all eleven, even the scoundrel Quinn, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/what-mr-albee-most-desires-is-for-the-model-un-the-entire-group-of/)

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> [“...a book is actually a place, a place where we, as adults, still have the chance to engage in active imagining, translating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/a-book-is-actually-a-place-a-place-where-we-as-adults-still-have-the-2/)

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> [It is what we see when we imagine what the afterlife must be like: our happiest triumphs, our most sincere moments, stolen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/it-is-what-we-see-when-we-imagine-what-the-afterlife-must-be-like-our/)

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[Afterlife](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afterlife/)

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> [“Perhaps Effie Mumford was only trying to prove something she already knew: that, like all animals, she was at the whim of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/perhaps-effie-mumford-was-only-trying-to-prove-something-she-already/)

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> [“Without death, there is hardly any threat strong enough to truly appreciate human life. He thinks: I am as good as dead--too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/without-death-there-is-hardly-any-threat-strong-enough-to-truly/)

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> [“It will happen soon. Someday you will find yourself surrounded by people with the exact same interests as you, and you will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/it-will-happen-soon-someday-you-will-find-yourself-surrounded-by/)

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> [“This man has the same kind of charm, the kind that suggests weakness, the kind that indicates how sad he will always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/this-man-has-the-same-kind-of-charm-the-kind-that-suggests-weakness/)

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> [“wondered about what he said and then thought hard. I could never be a dick, not to Gretchen anyway, so I guess…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/wondered-about-what-he-said-and-then-thought-hard-i-could-never-be-a/)

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> [Where do you go when you die? Ha ha. Go on, go on and tell her, Billy." Billy smiles. "You become a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/where-do-you-go-when-you-die-ha-ha-go-on-go-on-and-tell-her-billy/)

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> [Sex scenes in books are always like first person, from this male perspective and just about how awesome he is. It feels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/sex-scenes-in-books-are-always-like-first-person-from-this-male/)

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> [“As a boy, all I ever wanted was this: a life dedicated to art; every idea, every breath an artistic gesture. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/as-a-boy-all-i-ever-wanted-was-this-a-life-dedicated-to-art-every/)

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> [“I figured Alan wasn’t really Alan anymore, that maybe the meds or the disease had made him someone else, someone more timid,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/i-figured-alan-wasn-t-really-alan-anymore-that-maybe-the-meds-or-the/)

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> [“It is no parlor trick: There is a skull and, in the dark, it is glowing. Somehow it is now floating above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/it-is-no-parlor-trick-there-is-a-skull-and-in-the-dark-it-is-glowing/)

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> [“What lasts? What lasts? What lasts? What lasts? What lasts? And so he stares for an hour or so at all her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/what-lasts-what-lasts-what-lasts-what-lasts-what-lasts-and-so-he/)

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> [“...and realizes how there are all these moments, moments like just this one, there are all these moments, and how everyone lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/and-realizes-how-there-are-all-these-moments-moments-like-just-this/)

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> [“Listen, I’m going to give you some advice, not because I think you need it, but because I feel like I’ve earned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/listen-i-m-going-to-give-you-some-advice-not-because-i-think-you-need/)

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> [The more I write, the more I've come to realize that books have a different place in our society than other media.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/the-more-i-write-the-more-i-ve-come-to-realize-that-books-have-a/)

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> [“Kristin nods, marching ahead of Clark, who gazes as the impossible smallness of Kristin’s ankles and feet. Years later, while imprisoned for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/kristin-nods-marching-ahead-of-clark-who-gazes-as-the-impossible/)

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> [“You scan the cheering bleachers for the strange boy’s face: handsome, reserved, with the eye patch, a little dramatic, a little scary.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/you-scan-the-cheering-bleachers-for-the-strange-boy-s-face-handsome/)

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