The Coming Storm

Paul Russell

Top 10 Best Quotes

“Just because you pretend the universe doesn't have teeth doesn't mean you won't get eaten in the end.”

“When he got a story urge, there was nothing to do but grab a pen and write. Otherwise it was too much like getting a hard-on and not jerking off.”

“Waiting, he thought, was the most miserable condition a man could find himself in. His whole life, he had been waiting for one thing or another.”

“I’ll put it to you simply: love is the enemy. That’s my conclusion. We should all live in our little monk cells and never venture out ...”

“Education teaches children to lose interest in what matters most to them.”

“Love loves anarchy. It loves to wreak havoc. It loves to dance atop the ruins.”

“Anarchy raised its seductive head. He could do anything; there was nothing that was not allowed.”

“You know you've got my support", Reid told him. "Whatever difficult decisions you need to make. All I would ask is that you be alert to..." For a moment he seemed at a loss. "To what?" Louis said impatiently. Reid picked up a votive candle from the dresser top and observed its flickering light. "The shimmer of things," he said. "The spirit and not the letter.”

“Why not simply surrender to one’s doom, since one was so clearly, so spectacularly, doomed?”

“The damage love does when love goes astray. And did it ever, given half a chance, fail to wander?”

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