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Dave Eggers Quote: “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.”

251. “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

Dave Eggers Quote: “Every time I get through the work on a book of nonfiction, I say I’ll never do it again; it takes so much out of you.”

252. “Every time I get through the work on a book of nonfiction, I say I’ll never do it again; it takes so much out of you.”

— Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers Quote: “A human’s choice is either to see new things, mountains, waterfalls, deadly storms and seas and volcanoes, or to see the same man-made things endlessly reconfigured.”

253. “A human’s choice is either to see new things, mountains, waterfalls, deadly storms and seas and volcanoes, or to see the same man-made things endlessly reconfigured.”

— Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers Quote: “It was always difficult to get cattle returned once a marriage was dissolved.”

254. “It was always difficult to get cattle returned once a marriage was dissolved.”

— Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers Quote: “How lame this is, how small, terrible. Or maybe it is beautiful. I can’t decide if what I am doing is beautiful and noble and right, or small and disgusting.”

255. “How lame this is, how small, terrible. Or maybe it is beautiful. I can’t decide if what I am doing is beautiful and noble and right, or small and disgusting.”

— Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers Quote: “Running a business murders your ability to be the kind of friend people expect or deserve. Days and weeks go by and there can be no keeping up. Her best friends were her oldest friends, who did not expect constant contact. Everyone else was disappointed.”

256. “Running a business murders your ability to be the kind of friend people expect or deserve. Days and weeks go by and there can be no keeping up. Her best friends were her oldest friends, who did not expect constant contact. Everyone else was disappointed.”

— Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers Quote: “There’s less need to slowly acclimate these guys to the tank,” Bailey said. “They’ll be food pretty soon, so their happiness is less important than the shark’s.”

257. “There’s less need to slowly acclimate these guys to the tank,” Bailey said. “They’ll be food pretty soon, so their happiness is less important than the shark’s.”

— Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers Quote: “I fear that even if it is beautiful in the abstract, that my doing it knowing that it’s beautiful and worse, knowing that I will very soon be documenting it, that in my pocket is a tape recorder brought for just that purpose – that all this makes this act of potential beauty somehow gruesome. I am a monster.”

258. “I fear that even if it is beautiful in the abstract, that my doing it knowing that it’s beautiful and worse, knowing that I will very soon be documenting it, that in my pocket is a tape recorder brought for just that purpose – that all this makes this act of potential beauty somehow gruesome. I am a monster.”

— Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers Quote: “The weird thing is that working within an established story was actually kind of liberating. You know the beginning and middle and end, more or less, so there’s less pressure to figure all that out.”

259. “The weird thing is that working within an established story was actually kind of liberating. You know the beginning and middle and end, more or less, so there’s less pressure to figure all that out.”

— Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers Quote: “We discuss calling the police. We have to quickly review anything that could go wrong if we do. Are our immigration papers in order? They are. Do we have outstanding parking tickets? I have three, Achor Achor two. We calculate whether or not we have enough in checking accounts to pay the tickets if the police demand it. We decide that we do.”

260. “We discuss calling the police. We have to quickly review anything that could go wrong if we do. Are our immigration papers in order? They are. Do we have outstanding parking tickets? I have three, Achor Achor two. We calculate whether or not we have enough in checking accounts to pay the tickets if the police demand it. We decide that we do.”

— Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers Quote: “How old are you?” the woman asked. “You look about eleven.” “Twenty-four,” Mae said. “My god. You don’t have a mark on you. Were we ever twenty-four, my love?” She turned to the man, who was using a ballpoint pen to scratch the arch of his foot. He shrugged, and the woman let the matter drop.”

261. “How old are you?” the woman asked. “You look about eleven.” “Twenty-four,” Mae said. “My god. You don’t have a mark on you. Were we ever twenty-four, my love?” She turned to the man, who was using a ballpoint pen to scratch the arch of his foot. He shrugged, and the woman let the matter drop.”

— Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers Quote: “What he had was a sense that few things mattered much. That few people are to be feared. And so he now faced all such situations with a sense of exhausted resolve, and he dealt with everything head-on.”

262. “What he had was a sense that few things mattered much. That few people are to be feared. And so he now faced all such situations with a sense of exhausted resolve, and he dealt with everything head-on.”

— Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers Quote: “I like the dark part of the night, after midnight and before four-thirty, when it’s hollow, when ceilings are harder and farther away. Then I can breathe, and can think while others are sleeping, in a way can stop time, can have it so – this has always been my dream – so that while everyone else is frozen, I can work busily about them, doing whatever it is that needs to be done, like the elves who make the shoes while children sleep.”

263. “I like the dark part of the night, after midnight and before four-thirty, when it’s hollow, when ceilings are harder and farther away. Then I can breathe, and can think while others are sleeping, in a way can stop time, can have it so – this has always been my dream – so that while everyone else is frozen, I can work busily about them, doing whatever it is that needs to be done, like the elves who make the shoes while children sleep.”

— Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers Quote: “Nicaragua sounded dangerous; she liked the word. Nicaragua! It sounded like some kind of spider. There it goes, under the table – Nicaragua!”

264. “Nicaragua sounded dangerous; she liked the word. Nicaragua! It sounded like some kind of spider. There it goes, under the table – Nicaragua!”

— Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers Quote: “You know what I think? I think everyone should be able, just once, to make an inanimate object come to life and be his pal. Like an orange. Or a hammer.”

265. “You know what I think? I think everyone should be able, just once, to make an inanimate object come to life and be his pal. Like an orange. Or a hammer.”

— Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers Quote: “We gravitate toward comfort, Josie thought, but it must be rationed. Give us one-third comfort and two-thirds chaos – that is balance.”

266. “We gravitate toward comfort, Josie thought, but it must be rationed. Give us one-third comfort and two-thirds chaos – that is balance.”

— Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers Quote: “It means that money is ephemeral, moving from person to person,” Hamood said. “It’s a tool. Don’t let it get into your heart or your soul.” Mokhtar spent a year with Hamood.”

267. “It means that money is ephemeral, moving from person to person,” Hamood said. “It’s a tool. Don’t let it get into your heart or your soul.” Mokhtar spent a year with Hamood.”

— Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers Quote: “Subjectivity is just objectivity waiting for data,” Delaney said.”

268. “Subjectivity is just objectivity waiting for data,” Delaney said.”

— Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers Quote: “To me, the print business model is so simple, where readers pay a dollar for all the content within, and that supports the enterprise.”

269. “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

Dave Eggers Quote: “Revelation is everything, not for its own sake, because most self-revelation is just garbage – oop! – yes, but we have to purge the garbage, toss it out, throw it into a bunker and burn it, because it is fuel.”

270. “Revelation is everything, not for its own sake, because most self-revelation is just garbage – oop! – yes, but we have to purge the garbage, toss it out, throw it into a bunker and burn it, because it is fuel.”

— Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers Quote: “At this point there were good days, good weeks, when we pretended that it was acceptable that Jack had lived at all, that his life had been, in its truncated way, complete. This wasn’t one of those days.”

271. “At this point there were good days, good weeks, when we pretended that it was acceptable that Jack had lived at all, that his life had been, in its truncated way, complete. This wasn’t one of those days.”

— Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers Quote: “Having lost people when they were young, you feel intimately acquainted with mortality, I guess. Though I procrastinate worse than anybody.”

272. “Having lost people when they were young, you feel intimately acquainted with mortality, I guess. Though I procrastinate worse than anybody.”

— Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers Quote: “For a moment, she thought it natural in a way seeing a plane fall from the sky can seem natural, too. The horror comes later.”

273. “For a moment, she thought it natural in a way seeing a plane fall from the sky can seem natural, too. The horror comes later.”

— Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers Quote: “It’s a reprehensible idea that seems, on the surface, virtuous.” “That describes almost everything the Every does.”

274. “It’s a reprehensible idea that seems, on the surface, virtuous.” “That describes almost everything the Every does.”

— Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers Quote: “No man should have to endure another man quoting poetry.”

275. “No man should have to endure another man quoting poetry.”

— Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers Quote: “Now, you and I both know that if you can control the flow of information, you can control everything. You can control most of what anyone sees and knows. If you want to bury some piece of information, permanently, that’s two seconds’ work. If you want to ruin anyone, that’s five minutes’ work.”

276. “Now, you and I both know that if you can control the flow of information, you can control everything. You can control most of what anyone sees and knows. If you want to bury some piece of information, permanently, that’s two seconds’ work. If you want to ruin anyone, that’s five minutes’ work.”

— Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers Quote: “Many of you no longer have mothers. You have lost your fathers. But you have education. Here, if you are smart enough to accept it, you will be educated. Education will be your mother. Education will be your father. While your older brothers fight this war with guns, when the bullets stop, you will fight the next war with your pens. Do you see what I’m telling you? He was hoarse by now and he grew quiet. – I want you to succeed, boys. If we are ever to have a new Sudan, you must succeed.”

277. “Many of you no longer have mothers. You have lost your fathers. But you have education. Here, if you are smart enough to accept it, you will be educated. Education will be your mother. Education will be your father. While your older brothers fight this war with guns, when the bullets stop, you will fight the next war with your pens. Do you see what I’m telling you? He was hoarse by now and he grew quiet. – I want you to succeed, boys. If we are ever to have a new Sudan, you must succeed.”

— Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers Quote: “Kiki’s fingerprint opened a heavy steel door and they entered a kind of library, if that library were designed by robots and for dinosaurs.”

278. “Kiki’s fingerprint opened a heavy steel door and they entered a kind of library, if that library were designed by robots and for dinosaurs.”

— Dave Eggers

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