Imperial Quotes

“The best compliment I can pay Maria is that I cannot imagine her life, especially the drudgery of it but also its various helplessnesses, humiliations and apprehensions. Writing a novel about Maria would be like slapping her face. Someday, if I ever get out into the world and see more, suffer more, which might not be worth it, writing a novel about her might be an act of beauty and truth.”
― William T. Vollmann, Imperial

“And so we all write stories to suit ourselves, and I wish happy endings, happy landings to all of us”
― William T. Vollmann, Imperial

“Could it be that everything in this world remains so fundamentally pure that nothing can ever be more than half ruined?”
― William T. Vollmann, Imperial