"I felt the weakness of these books, their……" — Gary Shteyngart
"I felt the weakness of these books, their immateriality, how they had failed to change the world, and I didn't want to sully myself with their weakness anymore."
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65 Quotes by Gary Shteyngart
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My mother cranes her neck. Her ability to be fascinated by things is her best gift to me.
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We're people of the Orient. We know everything. And what we don't know, we can sense.
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In America, the distance between wanting something and having it delivered to your living room is not terribly great.
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You are not what you want. You are what wants you back.
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Michigan, with its delicious American name. How lucky one must be to live there.
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