The Smash-Up Quotes

“The world isn’t post-narrative, it isn’t post-happy ending. They just haven’t yet written the next part of their story.”
― Ali Benjamin, The Smash-Up

“He wonders if there is a word in some language somewhere for glimpsing a person you know and loved when they were young inside their older self.”
― Ali Benjamin, The Smash-Up

“What happened is people were hurting. What happened is people were afraid. What happened is anger is stronger than fear and so, for that matter, is hate. But it is easier to know what you want to burn down than it is to imagine what you might grow in its place.”
― Ali Benjamin, The Smash-Up

“What exactly is the point of a tiny protest in the middle of nowhere seen by almost no one? The point is that the person who does see might need exactly this, exactly now. The point is her individual belief can become part of a collective one. The point is this may or may not change the world but it will almost certainly change her.”
― ali benjamin, The Smash-Up

“Already, too much of Ethan’s world feels…manipulated. Performed. Like the simplest decisions—where he went to school, what kind of shoes he buys, where and how he cuts his hair—feel more like a statement of identity than of utility. But Ethan doesn’t want that to be true. He doesn’t want to live in a world where everyone’s busy flashing symbols for others to decode, like some strange new language that he’ll have to learn and then relearn.”
― Ali Benjamin, The Smash-Up