John Hawkes – Quotes Lover

My mother wanted very much to play tennis; she wanted, most of all, to be...

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My mother wanted very much to play tennis; she wanted, most of all, to be...

On the night before we were married, all of the anxiety in the world came...

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On the night before we were married, all of the anxiety in the world came...

Really, I didn't like Alaska. It rained, almost every day, at least 300 days out...

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Really, I didn't like Alaska. It rained, almost every day, at least 300 days out...

As in The Lime Twig dream and illusion are right at the center of Charivari.

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As in The Lime Twig dream and illusion are right at the center of Charivari.

The only thing that exists is torment, lyricism, and the magnificence of language.

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The only thing that exists is torment, lyricism, and the magnificence of language.

I didn't for a moment doubt the choice, but if life is ever fearsome, it...

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I didn't for a moment doubt the choice, but if life is ever fearsome, it...

To be anywhere near an enormous ocean liner when you are just like a fish...

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To be anywhere near an enormous ocean liner when you are just like a fish...

I didn't know what kind of jobs, because how was I prepared? At best, I...

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I didn't know what kind of jobs, because how was I prepared? At best, I...

When I started writing fiction, I knew how good it was immediately.

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When I started writing fiction, I knew how good it was immediately.

I do not feel an exile from America in any sense.

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I do not feel an exile from America in any sense.

When we lived in Juneau, Alaska, it was a town of about 7,000 people, and...

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When we lived in Juneau, Alaska, it was a town of about 7,000 people, and...

I had to go to Sunday school once or twice in my life, and that's...

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I had to go to Sunday school once or twice in my life, and that's...

I remember my mother finding mud somehow and putting it on the sting.

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I remember my mother finding mud somehow and putting it on the sting.

I used to carry about with me a German map-case filled with poems.

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I used to carry about with me a German map-case filled with poems.

I want prose fiction to be recognized as that, and I'm not interested in writing...

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I want prose fiction to be recognized as that, and I'm not interested in writing...

I was not typical. Whatever typical or normal is, I was somehow separated and different.

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I was not typical. Whatever typical or normal is, I was somehow separated and different.

I'm only interested in fiction that in some way or other voices the very imagination...

#John Hawkes

I'm only interested in fiction that in some way or other voices the very imagination...

In The Lime Twig I took two very young people and made them very old.

#John Hawkes

In The Lime Twig I took two very young people and made them very old.