Daniel Boon > Daniel's Quotes

“Such manuscripts were never a good omen for an editor. Their authors, mostly elderly pests, drop by a couple of days later to ask is the work of their life - what else? - was accepted for publication.”
― Gospodinov G., Estestvennyy roman

“Things have gone too far. Indiscriminate procreation of names. They already carry the taint. We don't know how to disinfect them.”
― Gospodinov G., Estestvennyy roman

“A horrible infection is coming, more horrible than AIDS. Dead men's words. Words that curdle human relationships as illness can curdle a new mother's milk.”
― Gospodinov G., Estestvennyy roman

“When he closed the door of his room for the night it was like an imprisonment. He talked to himself, shouted, did everything as noisily as he could. Nothing replied. Nothing changed.”
V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr. Biswass”
― Naipaul V. S.