I still get my news from the newspaper in the morning. I just have an affection for paper, and that's no secret, I guess. Dave Eggers More Quotes by Dave Eggers More Quotes From Dave Eggers I had grown up as a fan of Studs Terkel. In Chicago he sort of looms large and is mentioned often. Dave Eggers studs chicago fans I publish my own books, so there isn't a certain editor I owe the book to at a publishing house. Dave Eggers publishing-house editors book I really believe strongly that kids should be spared the runoff of their parents' lives and problems. Dave Eggers parent believe kids Here I am Rock You Like a Hurricane. Dave Eggers velocity rocks here-i-am Still though, I think if you're not self-obsessed, you're probably boring. Dave Eggers boring self thinking So I should be aware of the dangers of self-consciousness, but at the same time, I’ll be plowing through the fog of all these echoes, plowing through mixed metaphors, noise, and will try to show the core, which is still there, as a core, and is valid, despite the fog. The core is the core is the core. There is always the core, that can’t be articulated. Only caricatured. Dave Eggers fog echoes self This boy thinks I am not of his species, that I am some other kind of creature, one that can be crushed under the weight of a phone book. The pain is not great, but the symbolism is disagreeable. Dave Eggers pain boys book Nothing again. No one is listening. No one is waiting to hear the kicking of a man above. It is unexpected. You have no ears for someone like me. Dave Eggers waiting listening men Hello Frances, I have just been to health class, and I was wondering how your feminine parts were developing. Dave Eggers hello france class She pulls away, pats me on the shoulder with three mini-pats, like those used to pet reptiles. Dave Eggers reptiles three pet His lies were so exquisite I almost wept. Dave Eggers exquisite deceit lying I had forgotten that, and so many things. How could I put everything down on paper? It seemed impossible. No matter what, the majority of life would be left out of this story, this sliver of a version of the life I'd known. But I tried anyway. Dave Eggers majority would-be stories There's nothing to be gained from passive observance, the simple documenting of conditions, because, at its core, it sets a bad example. Every time something is observed and not fixed, or when one has a chance to give in some way and does not, there is a lie being told, the same lie we all know by heart but which needn't be reiterated. Dave Eggers simple heart lying He wanted to fly in lightweight contraptions with her. Dave Eggers wanted You're breaking out of character, again. Dave Eggers character When there is pleasure, there is often abandon, and mistakes are made. Dave Eggers pleasure made mistake Everyone in the life before was cranky, I think, because they just wanted to know. --After I Was Thrown in the River and Before I Drowned Dave Eggers cranky rivers thinking Every part of my body felt electric. My chest ached and my head throbbed with the great terrible limitless possibility of the morning, and when it came, the sky was washed white, everything was new, and I hadn't slept at all. Dave Eggers white sky morning The air is like being wanted, we say, and they nod approvingly. The air is like getting older, they say, and they touch our arms gently. Dave Eggers getting-older arms air How had this happened? Everyone in the world knew more than us, about everything, and this I hated then found hugely comforting. Dave Eggers found comforting world
