Grim Expectations Quotes

“Broken and battered, awaiting certain death, clinging to a rock hurtling through emptiness - in what way was I different from all other men?”
― K.W. Jeter, Grim Expectations

“I had hoped, when much younger, for mere survival and a certain degree of comfort; instead, I have had detestable adventures, one after another. Someone else received my quiet life, and longs for excitement instead - the fool.”
― K.W. Jeter, Grim Expectations

“Men do not resolve to become stone-hearted; our lives calcify our tenderest elements, whether we will it or not.”
― K.W. Jeter, Grim Expectations

“[...]; soon the day would come, if not already arrived, in which the privilege of being in any way disconnected from the rest of Humanity would be reserved only for the wealthy, who can purchase with their riches the isolation and quiet denied to us mere rabble.”
― K.W. Jeter, Grim Expectations

“What I discovered was that the elder Dower had been both a genius and a madman - neither of which I am, though the world has taken its best shot at maddening me.”
― K.W. Jeter, Grim Expectations

“Silence is a soothing balm, particularly when it follows such a riot of screaming and cursing, punctuated by various exploding infants.”
― K.W. Jeter, Grim Expectations