“I try asking him some more questions, but it's like talking to voice mail.” — Michael Montoure Communication Copy Share Image
“What's a reputation for, if not for proceeding oneself?” — Michael Montoure Proceeding Copy Share Image
“The broken centerline of the road in her headlights just an endless pulsing ribbon.” — Michael Montoure Broken Copy Share Image
“Life went back to normal, after that, as it will do if you're not careful.” — Michael Montoure Awakened-mind Copy Share Image
“Why do you have to ruin everything?' he asked. 'Why do you have to name everything? Decide what's real and what's -… — Michael Montoure Naming Copy Share Image
“Time falls on us, like rain, it falls like rain until we drown in it, and sometimes, it's like the drains overflow,… — Michael Montoure Passage of time Copy Share Image
“I listen to the grinding whir of the clock, and the creaking of my listing bed, and the sound the phone doesn't… — Michael Montoure Beds Copy Share Image
“Fell?' he asked. 'Or was pushed?' Anton shrugged again. 'It hardly makes a difference,' he said, 'when you are the man at… — Michael Montoure Gallows humor Copy Share Image
“He took me down and out into the afterlife of the brightly lit streets, a haze of rain around each streetlight like… — Michael Montoure Afterlife Copy Share Image
“They play strange games, games I don't recognize. They pull buttons off their clothes and exchange them back and forth, palming and… — Michael Montoure Games Copy Share Image
“We used to make gods, and we used to make sacrifices to them, and they would reward us. We're still doing it… — Michael Montoure Fast food Copy Share Image
“He'd wanted to - he didn't know. Break bottles. Break windows, crash cars. Burn down the world. Find solace at the bottom… — Michael Montoure Anger Copy Share Image
“In the dim light of the closed bar, he thought at first it was silver, but as he reached inside and held… — Michael Montoure Color white Copy Share Image
“[...] I'd wake up in the middle of the night to the Star-Spangled Banner and some old film of a flag blowing… — Michael Montoure Bygone Copy Share Image
“He found, using fifty stones to keep track, that he could easily remember the names of all fifty states, and he knew… — Michael Montoure Freedom Copy Share Image
“The only sounds here were lazy, ponderous, gentle sounds. A bee hung low in the warm afternoon haze, and he watched it… — Michael Montoure Auditory Copy Share Image
“Keep in mind that in the whole long tradition of storytelling, from Greek myths through Shakespeare through King Arthur and Robin Hood,… — Michael Montoure Copyright Copy Share Image
“He'd grown unused to woods like this. He'd become accustomed to the Northwest, evergreen and shaded dark. Here he was surrounded by… — Michael Montoure Animism Copy Share Image
“The skyscrapers of the city had finished scraping all the sky away, and the clouds overhead were exactly the color of concrete… — Michael Montoure Pretty-prose Copy Share Image
“The old house had a thousand doors in it. All old houses do. You can see them if you know how to… — Michael Montoure Architecture Copy Share Image
“What do you tell someone who hasn't live through it all? Try to explain what it's like, living under a pressure-front of… — Michael Montoure 9-11 Copy Share Image
![“[...] I'd wake up in the middle of the night to the Star-Spangled Banner and some old film of a flag blowing in the wind, telling you the day was over and it was long past time to go to bed. That was back when days used to end, before CNN and infomercials, before all our days bled right into each…” quote by Michael Montoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bc3/michael-montoure-25960_bygone_i-d-wake-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night-t_1438470.jpg)
