My Mother and Other Wild Animals Quotes

“Perhaps we were both unimpressed by the Grand Canyon because the awe of infinity so many people feel, the satisfying horror of the bottomless darkness of things that such a sight reveals, the tear in the universe that lets the hellhounds in, is something my mother and I know perfectly well. It is the first thing we see each morning. We step over it like a crack in the sidewalk and go on. How can the Grand Canyon compete?”
― Andrew Sean Greer, My Mother and Other Wild Animals

“Perhaps we were both unimpressed by the Grand Canyon because the awe of infinity so many people feel, the satisfying horror of the bottomless darkness of things that such a sight reveals, the tear in the universe that lets the hellhounds in, is something my mother and I know perfectly well.”
― Andrew Sean Greer, My Mother and Other Wild Animals

“Nobody threatens a deviled egg”
― Andrew Sean Greer, My Mother and Other Wild Animals

“I wonder if all my decisions have been the wrong ones.”
― Andrew Sean Greer, My Mother and Other Wild Animals

“Mothers endure so much we do not even notice.”
― Andrew Sean Greer, My Mother and Other Wild Animals

“One should never yell at one’s mother.”
― Andrew Sean Greer, My Mother and Other Wild Animals

“I ask her if she considers herself anxious. She pauses a moment, then says, “I consider myself well prepared.”
― Andrew Sean Greer, My Mother and Other Wild Animals