M.T. Anderson

“...Often that which most we fear births the resolve that spurs us on to altitudes we could not have achieved, had we…

— M.T. Anderson

“We were as strangers, in the moment-as intimate as strangers-for strangers know more of us, and can judge of us more without…

— M.T. Anderson

“I went to him & put my Hand upon his Shoulder. Said he to me, “God forgive me. Her Name — I…

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“Maybe these are our salad days." "Huh?" "You know. Happy." "What's happy about a salad?" She shrugged. "Ranch," she said.”

— M.T. Anderson

“The British Army and Navy sang a rousing song called "Heart of Oak"; the rebels had writ one to counter it called…

— M.T. Anderson

“We could sing to lift our spirits,’ one of them suggested. Believe me, you want me to end the chapter now.”

— M.T. Anderson

“Who do we seek, my spies? Again and again, I announce to the world: I. M. Realdom! I. M. Realdom! I. M.…

— M.T. Anderson

“I run through the woods, at once applauding myself for my wit-" "Well deserved, sir. Well deserved." "And at the self instant,…

— M.T. Anderson

“You know who you should ask about this? My pal Ray, who works with me. He could tell you all about this."…

— M.T. Anderson

“ We enter a time of calamity. Blood on the tarmac. Fingers in the juicer. Towers of air frozen in the lunar…

— M.T. Anderson

“Each of us hides our own private Delaware lost in the gray jungle-tangle of our brains. No one else can know its…

— M.T. Anderson

“Altruism is the kind of pie best eaten with a lot of gravy and little inspection of the kind of kidney it's…

— M.T. Anderson

“He was possessed of a belief that nothing existed, or to be more precise, that only when things were perceived could we…

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“I hope thou shalt never retreat beneath the ground. The sun is thy inheritance. The sky is thy birthright. Stay here, my…

— M.T. Anderson

“Almost nothing lives here anymore, except where we plant it? No. No, no, no. We don’t know any of that. We have…

— M.T. Anderson

“It felt good, really good, just to scream finally. I felt like I was singing a hit single. But in Hell.”

— M.T. Anderson

“A man in a topiary maze cannot judge of the twistings and turnings, and which avenue might lead him to the heart;…

— M.T. Anderson

“I believe,' said Marcus Furius, 'that an order of male virgins who never see the light of day would be ideal for…

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“How do we change - within moments, the whole form of our habits and dispositions may become alien to us, and we…

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“If you have read many adventure novels, you'll know that spies spend about half of their time in the sewers. They run…

— M.T. Anderson

“We were sitting side by side, with our legs swinging on the wall of the tower, and the Clouds™ were all turning…

— M.T. Anderson

“There is no virtue in concealment. When the earth is rendered chaos, regulations of speech and propriety are rendered impotent, just as…

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“With a hologram, like when your teacher is one of them, if you aren’t looking right at them, they sometimes seem to…

— M.T. Anderson

“It is truly a marvel, but I tell you, hatred and love may live cramped together, crouching in the same heart. There…

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“There is no refreshment more gratifying to the soul than the sight of Nature in her summer finery, before the heat is…

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