I write out of gratitude for all the books I have loved over the years. — Kevin Brockmeier Book Copy Share Image
I suppose that when you're growing up, you're bound to reach an age when you feel buffeted by all the changes in… — Kevin Brockmeier Age Copy Share Image
“Occasionally, in the stillness of a taxi or an airplane, she would catalog the pleasures she had lost. Cigarettes. Chewing gum. Strong… — Kevin Brockmeier Chewing gum Copy Share Image
“A consensus slowly gathered among us. We had given up something important, we believed: the fire, the vigor, that came with a… — Kevin Brockmeier Copy Share Image
How often, you wonder, has the direction of your life been shaped by such misunderstandings? How many opportunities have you been denied--or,… — Kevin Brockmeier Circumstances Copy Share Image
“There is no form to this story because it is true, or at least as close to true as I have been… — Kevin Brockmeier Copy Share Image
With every sentence she writes, Davis freshens the senses. Her novels achieve a tone that’s unlike anyone else’s, creating an atmosphere you… — Kevin Brockmeier Achieve Copy Share Image
I don't think our lives actually unfold with morals attached to them, or meanings that are easily extracted, or jokes designed to… — Kevin Brockmeier Character Copy Share Image
You could not presume that people were healthy. You could not presume that they would welcome the little nudges and jostlings of… — Kevin Brockmeier Balance Copy Share Image
“People say they want to die in their own home. But me, I was ready for the hospital. The sterilized sheets, the… — Kevin Brockmeier Computers Copy Share Image
I'm uncommonly slow to show my work to other people, and by the time I do I've usually exhausted myself so completely… — Kevin Brockmeier Effort Copy Share Image
In seventh grade I gradually became aware that that quickness of feeling was something I was supposed to have outgrown. I was… — Kevin Brockmeier Feelings Copy Share Image
I was also ready to believe, though, that whatever good things I had managed to set upright could topple at any second. — Kevin Brockmeier Believe Copy Share Image
“I stopped and asked him if he was all right, and he said he was tired of remembering everything he wanted to… — Kevin Brockmeier Copy Share Image
“They were like those deep-sea creatures with watery, transparent skin: you could see the soft little jerking beans of their hearts, you… — Kevin Brockmeier Animals Copy Share Image
People who read Anne Lamott, like people who read Anne Rice, believe that tragedy is romantic, but the people who read Anne… — Kevin Brockmeier Believe Copy Share Image
I had always been the kind of boy who was quick to laugh and quick to cry. — Kevin Brockmeier Boys Copy Share Image
You remember having friends who used to lampoon the world so effortlessly, crouching at the verge of every joke and waiting to… — Kevin Brockmeier Changed Copy Share Image
...When you die, the energy that kept you alive filters into the people you loved. Did you know that? It's like a… — Kevin Brockmeier Alive Copy Share Image
There was no one alive who did not contribute his share of mystery to the world. — Kevin Brockmeier Alive Copy Share Image
I might not remember how the sky looked on any given day. I do remember, though, what it was like to be… — Kevin Brockmeier Boys Copy Share Image
If your reading life and your friendships overlap, that's just a nice coincidence - a case where the conversation you're having with… — Kevin Brockmeier Book Copy Share Image
“Occasionally, the light seemed to arrive from a distinct direction, like the sun slanting through a gap in a curtain, but often… — Kevin Brockmeier Light Copy Share Image
I can tell you that I never begin working on a story until I have a title centered at the top of… — Kevin Brockmeier Begin Copy Share Image
“From some infinite distance, ten thousand twists of light are suddenly projected into your eyes. You watch as they shimmer and tighten… — Kevin Brockmeier Astronomy Copy Share Image
