Allusion Quote by Rivka Galchen

“I’m interested in [meteorology], but I’m more interested in gross misappropriations of the authoritative language of science. It feels rife with clarity, and yet…

— Rivka Galchen

“That's something that would really sell. I mean, I admire that you tell stories of make-believe people in worlds that don't exist and that…

— Rivka Galchen

“We need to develop a better descriptive vocabulary for lying, a taxonomy, a way to distinguish intentional lies from unintentional ones, and a way…

— Rivka Galchen

“Sometimes failing is what's needed. I think it can put people in a good mood, to see someone fail. Let people entertain themselves. I…

— Rivka Galchen

“I don’t know if math is real in the sense that it’s woven into the fabric of the cosmos, or if it’s something that…

— Rivka Galchen

The magnificently humble. The enormously small. The meaningfully ridiculous. Robert Walser's work often reads like a dazzling answer to the question, How immense can…

— Rivka Galchen

We need to develop a better descriptive vocabulary for lying, a taxonomy, a way to distinguish intentional lies from unintentional ones, and a way…

— Rivka Galchen

“If a story seems too random, or perhaps too brilliant, for a "madman" to have conceived of it himself, then consider that the "author"…

— Rivka Galchen

“The room was too much there. I could feel the color of the wallpaper -- burgundy -- invading.”

— Rivka Galchen

“Every Tuesday night I go and see whatever is playing at the movie theater nearby. I'm not choosy. I'm happy to see whatever everyone…

— Rivka Galchen

But one day I woke up and heard myself saying, I am a fork being used to eat cereal. I am not a spoon.…

— Rivka Galchen

I've always thought of my own mind as an unruly parliament, with a feeble leader, with crazy extremist factions.

— Rivka Galchen