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David Vann quotes: Each thing that happens to us, each and every thing, it leaves some dent, and that dent will always be there. Each of us is a walking wreck.

Each thing that happens to us, each and every thing, it leaves some dent, and that dent will always be there. Each of us is a walking wreck.

David Vann quotes: I thought that was a wonderful idea, that one could be on hell without being in it, like "Just Visiting" on the Monopoly board.

I thought that was a wonderful idea, that one could be on hell without being in it, like "Just Visiting" on the Monopoly board.

David Vann quotes: She had made him into a kind of husband,her own son.

She had made him into a kind of husband,her own son.

David Vann quotes: What would the world be like if men never ruled again?

What would the world be like if men never ruled again?

David Vann quotes: What would it feel like to be ravished by a god, to hold a deity.

What would it feel like to be ravished by a god, to hold a deity.

David Vann quotes: This is what I've always loved about a city, all the worlds hidden away inside, largest of aquariums.

This is what I've always loved about a city, all the worlds hidden away inside, largest of aquariums.

David Vann quotes: What's the point of sea horses? I asked.The old man stood before them, mouth hung open, as if before his god.

What's the point of sea horses? I asked.
The old man stood before them, mouth hung open, as if before his god.

David Vann quotes: There are no gods, only men.

There are no gods, only men.

David Vann quotes: This table felt extremely dangerous. He understood now that what held his family together was violence.

This table felt extremely dangerous. He understood now that what held his family together was violence.

David Vann quotes: Cutting through layers,this labor like cutting through the illusion of self to find there was no core, only the layers.

Cutting through layers,this labor like cutting through the illusion of self to find there was no core, only the layers.

David Vann quotes: The dead reaching for us, needing us, but this isn't true. There's only us reaching for them, trying to find ourselves.

The dead reaching for us, needing us, but this isn't true. There's only us reaching for them, trying to find ourselves.

David Vann quotes: Having something to look forward to changes everything. I've always needed a future. I can't live without one.

Having something to look forward to changes everything. I've always needed a future. I can't live without one.

David Vann quotes: That night longer than all my life before it. No scale or measure in this world can ever be held constant. We are always slipping.

That night longer than all my life before it. No scale or measure in this world can ever be held constant. We are always slipping.

David Vann quotes: What myth can hold when you kneel in your brother's remains? When you slit his throat yourself? What story can guide us if we can betray all?

What myth can hold when you kneel in your brother's remains? When you slit his throat yourself? What story can guide us if we can betray all?

David Vann quotes: Absurdity is all that makes grief bearable

Absurdity is all that makes grief bearable

David Vann quotes: If you look at something in the distance long enough, you eventually have to go there.

If you look at something in the distance long enough, you eventually have to go there.

David Vann quotes: She has done this for Jason and will do more, she knows. Her brother dismembered at her feet. This is how the world begins.

She has done this for Jason and will do more, she knows. Her brother dismembered at her feet. This is how the world begins.

David Vann quotes: Because you can choose who you'll be with, but you can't choose who they'll become.

Because you can choose who you'll be with, but you can't choose who they'll become.

David Vann quotes: Even now, I still believe metamorphosis is the greatest beauty.

Even now, I still believe metamorphosis is the greatest beauty.

David Vann quotes: Origins...They don't explain us, you know. They never do. Each of us is our own piece of work.

Origins...They don't explain us, you know. They never do. Each of us is our own piece of work.

David Vann quotes: A change in those moments, some switch turned off forever, the end of trust or safety or love, and how do we ever find the switch again?

A change in those moments, some switch turned off forever, the end of trust or safety or love, and how do we ever find the switch again?

David Vann quotes: There can be no god without desire.

There can be no god without desire.

David Vann quotes: There must be at least one god not filled with rage.

There must be at least one god not filled with rage.

David Vann quotes: And only men could have invented the idea of a king.

And only men could have invented the idea of a king.

David Vann quotes: One life can never know another's.

One life can never know another's.

David Vann quotes: the best choice we have on the menu tonight.

the best choice we have on the menu tonight.

David Vann quotes: Why can't any common fuck be king?

Why can't any common fuck be king?