All Michael Chabon Quotes
- I don’t mean to make a big deal out of sobriety, by the way. Of all the modes of human consciousness available to the modern… All
- I’d spent my whole life waiting to awake on an ordinary morning in the town that was destined to be my home, in the arms… Arms
- I said, “I need to hear something that’s going to save my life.†Re: Selecting songs from a jukebox. From
- Never say love is "like" anything... It isn't. Inspiring
- ... But he believed that every great love was in some measure a terrible mistake. Believed
- I don't care what is written," Meyer Landsman says. "I don't care what supposedly got promised to some sandal-wearing idiot whose claim to fame is… Bag
- No; he could be ruined again and again by hope, but he would never be capable of belief. Belief
- Every Messiah fails, the moment he tries to redeem himself. Failing
- But the first lie in the series is the one you make with the greatest trepidation and the heaviest heart. First Lie
- Love is like falconry," he said. "Don't you think that's true, Cleveland?" "Never say love is like anything." said Cleveland. "It isn't. Anything Said
- Entertainment is a sacred pursuit when done well. When done well, it raises the quality of human life. Done Well
- The true magic of this broken world lay in the ability of the things it contained to vanish, to become so thoroughly lost, that they… Ability
- The magician seemed to promise that something torn to bits might be mended without a seam, that what had vanished might reappear, that a scattered… Ability
- The truth of some promises is not as important as whether or not you can believe in them, with all your heart. All
- Bina rolls her eyes, hands on her hips, glances at the door. Then she comes over and drops her bag and plops down beside him.… Bag
- ...Landsman doesn't buy that. Bina never stopped wanting to redeem the world. She just let the world she was trying to redeem get smaller and… Bina
- Every generation loses the Messiah it has failed to deserve. Deserve
- Poor little librarians of the world, those girls, secretly lovely, their looks marred forever by the cruelty of a pair of big dark eyeglasses! Big
- It drains the bars and cafes after hours, concentrates the wicked and the guilty along its chipped Formica counter, and thrums with the gossip of… Along
- I smoked and looked down at the bottom of Pittsburgh for a little while, watching the kids playing tiny baseball, the distant figures of dogs… Back Porch