All Russell Hoban Quotes
- A family is everybody all together. All
- Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn't in us. It's almost as if were put here on… Animal
- What a weird thing smoking is and I can't stop it. I feel cosy, have a sense of well-being when I'm smoking, poisoning myself, killing… All
- But when I don't smoke I scarcely feel as if I'm living. I don't feel as if I'm living unless I'm killing myself. Feel
- Is there an existence that is only mine? Conformity
- It's almost as if we're put here on earth to show how silly they aren't. Animal
- An idea is an eye given by God for the seeing of God. Some of these eyes we cannot bear to look out of; we… Bear
- Too-lateness, I realized, has nothing to do with age. It’s a relation of self to the moment. Or not, depending on the person and the… Age
- There must be a lot of people in the world being wondered about by people who don't see them anymore. Anymore
- An ordinary mirror is silvered at the back but the window of the night train has darkness behind the glass. My face and the faces… Action
- The zoo is a prison for animals who have been sentenced without trial and I feel guilty because I do nothing about it. I wanted… Animal
- Sometimes I think that the biggest difference between men and women is that more men need to seek out some terrible lurking thing in existence… Alone
- There are situations in life to which the only satisfactory response is a physically violent one. If you don't make that response, you continually relive… Continually
- After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language? All
- Who is Alice?" asked mother. "Alice is somebody that nobody can see," said Frances. "And that is why she does not have a birthday. So… Alice
- There is a tiger in my room,' said Frances. 'Did he bite you?' said Father. 'No,' said Frances. 'Did he scratch you?' said Mother. 'No,'… Bite
- The things that matter don't necessarily make sense. Inspirational
- Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history. Archaeological
- When you suffer an attack of nerves you're being attacked by the nervous system. What chance has a man got against a system?. Attack
- Explorers have to be ready to die lost. Die