

“It's been a prevalent notion. Fallen sparks. Fragments of vessels broken at the Creation. And someday, somehow, before the end, a gathering back to home. A messenger from the Kingdom, arriving at the last moment. But I tell you there is no such message, no such home -- only the millions of last moments . . . nothing more. Our history is an aggregate of last moments.”
― Gravity's Rainbow
― Gravity's Rainbow

“She stood there until something fell off the shelf inside her.”
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
― Their Eyes Were Watching God

“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.”
― Gravity’s Rainbow
― Gravity’s Rainbow

“you can always tell employees of the government by the total vacancy which occupies the space where most other people have faces.”
― A Confederacy of Dunces
― A Confederacy of Dunces

“Some people could look at a mud puddle and see an ocean with ships.”
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
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