“It's not that I'm being shy. It's just that -- well, for one, I don't even remember the event. It's a blank:… — Tom McCarthy Black hole Copy Share Image
“All great enterprises are about logistics. Not genius or inspiration or flights of imagination, skill or cunning, but logistics.” — Tom McCarthy Business Copy Share Image
“[...]to be real--to become fluent, natural, to cut out the detour that sweeps us around what's fundamental to events, preventing us from… — Tom McCarthy Authenticity Copy Share Image
“Literature has to remain frustrating — to withhold something, remain incomplete — or it’s not literature anymore, but rather entertainment, edification or… — Tom McCarthy Books Copy Share Image
“Surplus matter. I'd forgotten all about that phrase, those classes -- even before the accident, I mean. After the accident I forgot… — Tom McCarthy Memory Copy Share Image
“Guns aren't just history's props and agents: they're history itself, spinning alternate futures in their chamber, hurling the present from their barrel,… — Tom McCarthy Empty shell Copy Share Image
“Another bottle was brought out and poured into the reservoir. Once more I climbed inside the car and pressed the spurter button.… — Tom McCarthy Cars Copy Share Image
“I stopped right in the middle of the road. There was no traffic. Before heading back towards my flat to get the… — Tom McCarthy Middle of the road Copy Share Image
