--- title: "Best Joe Meno Sayings" description: "Joe Meno is an American novelist, writer of short fiction, playwright, and music journalist based in Chicago. Browse 87 Joe Meno quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b032/author-joe-meno-7831.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Joe Meno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b032/author-joe-meno-7831.jpg) # Joe Meno (1974) Novelist United States **87** quotes in **366** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet 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 Q137884614 ## Quotes by Joe Meno · Page 3 > [After school the very next day, El Rey's mobile home was gone. I laid in bed and wondered what happens to people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/after-school-the-very-next-day-el-rey-s-mobile-home-was-gone-i-laid/) [Joe Meno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-meno/) [After school](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/after-school/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/joe-meno-7831_after-school_after-school-the-very-next-day-el-rey-s_715514.png) > [The boy detective thinks, The only thing all men have in common with one another is their inherent capacity to make mistakes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/the-boy-detective-thinks-the-only-thing-all-men-have-in-common-with/) [Joe Meno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-meno/) [Boys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a9/joe-meno-7831_boys_the-boy-detective-thinks-the-only-thing_821082.jpg) > [In novels you're able to occupy character's internal thoughts and it's really hard to do in a film or a TV show.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/in-novels-you-re-able-to-occupy-character-s-internal-thoughts-and-it/) [Joe Meno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-meno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfb/joe-meno-7831_able_in-novels-you-re-able-to-occupy-characte_2634176.jpg) > [Above the dirt of an unmarked grave and beneath the shadow of the abandoned refinery, the children would play their own made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/above-the-dirt-of-an-unmarked-grave-and-beneath-the-shadow-of-the/) [Joe Meno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-meno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c72/joe-meno-7831_abandoned_above-the-dirt-of-an-unmarked-grave-and_838893.jpg) > [Sacrifice doesn't really exist on a national level anymore and that's a pretty new thing - most people aren't engaged nationally in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/sacrifice-doesn-t-really-exist-on-a-national-level-anymore-and-that-s/) [Joe Meno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-meno/) [Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b4/joe-meno-7831_country_sacrifice-doesn-t-really-exist-on-a-nati_618983.jpg) > [I always feel super uncomfortable when it's like ah, there probably has to be a sex scene. I feel really bad and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/i-always-feel-super-uncomfortable-when-it-s-like-ah-there-probably/) [Joe Meno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-meno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b0/joe-meno-7831_apologizing_i-always-feel-super-uncomfortable-when-i_2038246.png) > [“We did something very simple," Effie says. "Yes, and what was that?" Effie Mumford stares off the porch into the night sky.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/we-did-something-very-simple-effie-says-yes-and-what-was-that-effie/) [Joe Meno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-meno/) [Night sky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/night-sky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e51/joe-meno-7831_night-sky_we-did-something-very-simple-effie-says_1425478.png) ## Joe Meno by topic [Life (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/joe-meno/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-meno/#itemlist", "name": "Joe Meno Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "After school the very next day, El Rey's mobile home was gone. I laid in bed and wondered what happens to people when they go, if they become like shadows, if they fade away when they disappear from your life. 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