We would oppose the turning of the planet and refuse the setting of the sun. Dave Eggers More Quotes by Dave Eggers More Quotes From Dave Eggers I grew up north of Chicago, not far from where the Schwinn bicycle plant used to be, and was conscious of the fact that these beautiful, everlasting bikes were made just down the road. Dave Eggers up-north chicago beautiful The voice of the nickly reflection of the moon was not as deep as you might expect. It was a singer’s voice, though, a tenor, one that loved itself without reservation. “I feel time like you dream. Your dreams are jumbled. You can’t remember the order of your dreams, and when you recall them, the memories bend. Faces change. It’s all in puddles and ripples. That’s what time is for me. Dave Eggers reflection dream memories I am a freak in secondhand velour, a leper who uses L'Oreal Anti-sticky Mega Gel. I am rootless, ripped from all foundations, an orphan raising an orphan and wanting to take away everything there is and replace it with stuff I've made. Dave Eggers foundation use stuff Good artists exist in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are. Dave Eggers good-artist artist Writing is a deep-sea dive. You need hours just to get into it: down, down, down. If you're called back to the surface every couple of minutes by an email, you can't ever get back down. I have a great friend who became a Twitterer and he says he hasn't written anything for a year. Dave Eggers couple writing years It was always difficult to get cattle returned once a marriage was dissolved. Dave Eggers cattle difficult Every story we remember is a novel. Novels make things more universal. Dave Eggers stories writing remember The raising of a child is the building of a cathedral. You can't cut corners. Dave Eggers building cutting children But of course there's no logic to San Francisco generally, a city built with putty and pipe cleaners, rubber cement and colored construction paper. It's the work of fairies, elves, happy children with new crayons Dave Eggers san-francisco cities children No. There is no balance, and no retribution, and no rules. The rules and balances you blather about are hopeful creations of a man fearing death. Dave Eggers hopeful balance men The key thing is managed awareness of your role in the world and history. Think too much and you know you are nothing. Think just enough and you know you are small, but important to some. That's the best you can do. Dave Eggers important keys thinking Live long enough and you'll disappoint everyone. People think you're able to help them and usually you can't. And so it becomes a process of choosing the one or two people you try hardest not to disappoint. The person in my life I am determined not to disappoint is you. Dave Eggers two long thinking Maybe he was more than the sum of his broken parts. Dave Eggers emcee broken We've become a nation of indoor cats, he'd said. A nation of doubters, worriers, overthinkers. Thank God these weren't the kind of Americans who settled this country. They were a different breed! They crossed the country in wagons with wooden wheels! People croaked along the way, and they barely stopped. Back then, you buried your dead and kept moving. Dave Eggers cat country moving He must trust, and he must have faith. And so he builds, because what is building, and rebuilding and rebuilding again, but an act of faith? Dave Eggers rebuilding building have-faith We have no choice. We need the communion of souls and only here are they awake. Dave Eggers choices soul needs He was feeling buoyant, flexible. He wanted to go jogging. He stood. He couldn't go jogging. He called room service and ordered a basket of breads and pastries. Dave Eggers room-service jogging feelings To me, the print business model is so simple, where readers pay a dollar for all the content within, and that supports the enterprise. Dave Eggers dollars support simple When I'm doing work online or on the computer, it's one thing. When I want to read, I want to go elsewhere, and I want to be away from the screen. Dave Eggers online computer want Also, I need deadlines, just like everybody else, especially coming from magazines, newspapers, and stuff like that. I need daily or weekly deadlines to get stuff done, or I continue to do things and not go off on a year of unproductivity. Dave Eggers done years needs
