Upright Beasts Quotes

“She did love Paul during certain hours of certain days. How many hours did you have to love someone to be in love?”
― Lincoln Michel, Upright Beasts

“I lie in bed most nights, thinking of things.”
― Lincoln Michel, Upright Beasts

“My brother had been driving, as I’ve said, for twenty-eight hours, and his body had reached that special combination of no sleep, caffeine, and a stomach full of salted snacks that makes you believe it’s possible you might never die.”
― Lincoln Michel, Upright Beasts

“A policewoman comes up and tells us to move along. “Nothing to see here,” she says. “Not even that stuff you’re looking at.”
― Lincoln Michel, Upright Beasts

“Beliefs evolve. Many of the students who only yesterday hated our teachers now deny they ever existed. Tommy angrily tells us that no teachers ever lived, and if they did, they certainly didn’t teach. They only watched us and recorded our actions and doled out punishments or rewards while laughing from inside the dark lounge.”
― Lincoln Michel, Upright Beasts: Stories