Closer Than You Know Quotes

“You mess with me, you mess with the whole trailer park...”
― Brad Parks, Closer Than You Know

“The human brain is hardwired with a fervent desire to make sense of the world, to create connections between events whether they exist or not. From a rationalist’s standpoint, it’s something of a design flaw. It’s what led ancient people to believe if they danced a certain way, the rain would fall. It’s what led modern people to believe vaccines caused autism.”
― Brad Parks, Closer Than You Know

“People who were enmeshed in that world called it, simply, “the system.” And it was really the perfect term for something so cold, complex, and ultimately impersonal. Once you were in it, you lost some part of your humanity. Your family became a file to be passed around from one harried, underpaid, overworked civil servant to another.”
― Brad Parks, Closer Than You Know