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John Darnielle Quote: “But few things, at any rate, are more powerful than expectations. Blunt force, maybe. Firepower, certainly. Sword and steel. But even those have their limits. The imagination has none.”

151. “But few things, at any rate, are more powerful than expectations. Blunt force, maybe. Firepower, certainly. Sword and steel. But even those have their limits. The imagination has none.”

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John Darnielle Quote: “It’s hard to describe, this feeling of seeing your kids spending time together like adults, meeting up again after being out there in the world like free agents. There’s something giddy and unreal about it. I knew that boy when he was afraid of strangers. I knew them both before they knew how to talk.”

152. “It’s hard to describe, this feeling of seeing your kids spending time together like adults, meeting up again after being out there in the world like free agents. There’s something giddy and unreal about it. I knew that boy when he was afraid of strangers. I knew them both before they knew how to talk.”

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John Darnielle Quote: “They always arrive at the same questions – why don’t these young people care? how did they get like this? where were their parents? – but the asking of these questions is an exercise in self-portraiture. They’re not good questions; they’re not even questions. They’re ghost stories masquerading as concern.”

153. “They always arrive at the same questions – why don’t these young people care? how did they get like this? where were their parents? – but the asking of these questions is an exercise in self-portraiture. They’re not good questions; they’re not even questions. They’re ghost stories masquerading as concern.”

— John Darnielle

John Darnielle Quote: “The past is charming and safe when you’re skittering around on its surface. It’s a nice place to linger a moment before seeking the lower depths.”

154. “The past is charming and safe when you’re skittering around on its surface. It’s a nice place to linger a moment before seeking the lower depths.”

— John Darnielle

John Darnielle Quote: “It is a terrible thing to feel trapped within a movie whose plot twists are senseless.”

155. “It is a terrible thing to feel trapped within a movie whose plot twists are senseless.”

— John Darnielle

John Darnielle Quote: “The future feels dramatic when you think you see a little of it cresting the horizon, the more so if the present feels routine.”

156. “The future feels dramatic when you think you see a little of it cresting the horizon, the more so if the present feels routine.”

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John Darnielle Quote: “I remember before I finally fell asleep feeling like there wasn’t all that much to say about my life. I’d had several satisfying relationships, they hadn’t amounted to much. I’d gotten better at my work and been rewarded for it, but I sometimes felt like life had run out of surprises for me. I did what I did and got the results I expected. I kept up my practice and it paid my way. My wheels made an agreeable noise when they spun.”

157. “I remember before I finally fell asleep feeling like there wasn’t all that much to say about my life. I’d had several satisfying relationships, they hadn’t amounted to much. I’d gotten better at my work and been rewarded for it, but I sometimes felt like life had run out of surprises for me. I did what I did and got the results I expected. I kept up my practice and it paid my way. My wheels made an agreeable noise when they spun.”

— John Darnielle

John Darnielle Quote: “There was a gentle, blurry quality to the scene. I relaxed into it. You get susceptible to environments when you don’t keep much company.”

158. “There was a gentle, blurry quality to the scene. I relaxed into it. You get susceptible to environments when you don’t keep much company.”

— John Darnielle

John Darnielle Quote: “There is, among the public, a perennial urge to believe the worst about the generation that will eventually replace them.”

159. “There is, among the public, a perennial urge to believe the worst about the generation that will eventually replace them.”

— John Darnielle

John Darnielle Quote: “It’s a luxury to work slowly; I know it. But I don’t dwell on it. That’s the nature of luxury. You become accustomed to its presence.”

160. “It’s a luxury to work slowly; I know it. But I don’t dwell on it. That’s the nature of luxury. You become accustomed to its presence.”

— John Darnielle

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