Nathan > Nathan's Quotes

“It is a form of grace to become nothing but a task"
-Hjalmar Nederland from Kim Stanley Robinson's "Icehenge”
― Kim Stanley Robinson, Icehenge

“That's libertarians for you — anarchists who want police protection from their slaves.”
― Kim Stanley Robinson, Green Mars

“Are secrets a tunnel to a dreamworld where you control events?”
― Don DeLillo, White Noise

“What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?”
― Ursula K. LeGuin

“This country is toilet-oriented.”
― Don DeLillo, Américana

“There were times when he felt the lure of a submoronic mode of being.”
― Don DeLillo, Ratner's Star

“There must be a type of weariness that seems a blessing of the earth.”
― Don DeLillo, The Names

“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."

[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]”
― John Rogers

“Yes, reason has been a part of organized religion, ever since two nudists took dietary advice from a talking snake.”
― Jon Stewart