“My head was a condemned church with a ceiling of bats, but I swung from this dark mood to euphoria when I thought about leaving.”
-Dave Eggers
The Pale Queen's Literary Quotes
"I wanted to do whatever Amazing Thing I was
expected to do... and be done with it.
Go to sleep.
Go to a heaven where there was nothing but
bathtubs and books."
— Marya Hornbacher
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“At that moment I was sure. That I belonged in my skin. That my organs were mine and my eyes were mine and my ears, which could only hear the silence of this night and my faint breathing, were mine, and I loved them and what they could do.”
-Dave Eggers
“How had this happened? Everyone in the world knew more than us, about everything, and this I hated, then found hugely comforting.”
-Dave Eggers
“We have advantages. We have a cushion to fall back on. This is abundance. A luxury of place and time. Something rare and wonderful. It’s almost historically unprecedented. We must do extraordinary things. We have to. It would be absurd not to.”
-Dave Eggers
“People are strange, but more than that, they’re good. They’re good first, then strange.”
-Dave Eggers
“In hospitals I feel palpable comfort. I feel the competence, the expertise, so much education and money, all of the supplies sterile, everything packaged, sealed tight. My fears evaporate when the automatic doors shush open.”
— Dave Eggers
