White Tiger on Snow Mountain Quotes

“Real readers poison themselves with words. They close each book as though climbing, reborn, from a tomb.”
― David Gordon, White Tiger on Snow Mountain

“Sex and desire is the one realm of life where justice is not only impossible, it’s inconceivable.”
― David Gordon, White Tiger on Snow Mountain

“Everything you know and dream of is nothing, not even a speck of what is. The life of even the tiniest ant is as infinitely complex as a man’s and the life of a man is like a god’s. And even this vast whole is enclosed in my endlessness like the faintest glimmer of the first thought on the dawn of the first day of creation. Everything is still possible. You have not yet begun to live.”
― David Gordon, White Tiger on Snow Mountain

“I did not believe in god, but I was beginning to believe in miracles, miracles and whatever is the opposite of miracles, terrible wonders. Yes, this life is a whirlwind, and what can guide us through it? Not our eyes, not our ears, not our brain. What difference does it make what we believe?”
― David Gordon, White Tiger on Snow Mountain

“When people ask what I do, I say: “I’m a teacher.” or: “I proofread legal documents.” or: “I hand out jalapeño humus dip at Trader Joe’s.” I say, to myself, mostly: “I’m alive, motherfucker. What else do you want?" ”
― David Gordon, White Tiger on Snow Mountain

“Poetry is anything you read out loud alone.”
― David Gordon, White Tiger on Snow Mountain