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Paul Russell quotes: 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.

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.

Paul Russell quotes: Anarchy raised its seductive head. He could do anything; there was nothing that was not allowed.

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

Paul Russell quotes: But it's not real life. It's just America.

But it's not real life. It's just America.

Paul Russell quotes: The former East Germany hardly had a monopoly on complicity. Life's every moment caught one out in one form or another.

The former East Germany hardly had a monopoly on complicity. Life's every moment caught one out in one form or another.

Paul Russell quotes: The body was an organic machine, period, and God was a figment of its fitful imagination.

The body was an organic machine, period, and God was a figment of its fitful imagination.

Paul Russell quotes: A long-simmering resentment against the world can burn off more calories than you might imagine.

A long-simmering resentment against the world can burn off more calories than you might imagine.

Paul Russell quotes: Does everybody always have to be on the prowl for love?

Does everybody always have to be on the prowl for love?

Paul Russell quotes: Chris is a little ashamed of having once fallen for him: it makes him sad how everything changes, how ruthless the heart can be.

Chris is a little ashamed of having once fallen for him: it makes him sad how everything changes, how ruthless the heart can be.

Paul Russell quotes: She thinks about the salt point, that mysterious, elusive moment of change.

She thinks about the salt point, that mysterious, elusive moment of change.

Paul Russell quotes: The world is what it is.

The world is what it is.

Paul Russell quotes: Dresden, which I am told presents no military or industrial targets whatsoever for the RAF.

Dresden, which I am told presents no military or industrial targets whatsoever for the RAF.

Paul Russell quotes: Her heart, she had discovered in the last half year, was of durable stuff. You could test its mettle with a hammer.

Her heart, she had discovered in the last half year, was of durable stuff. You could test its mettle with a hammer.

Paul Russell quotes: The presence of the policeman around the corner is the only thing that keeps us civilised.

The presence of the policeman around the corner is the only thing that keeps us civilised.

Paul Russell quotes: Still, the illusion of love had, in its time, led to stranger depravities.

Still, the illusion of love had, in its time, led to stranger depravities.

Paul Russell quotes: What bound people together was so fragile.

What bound people together was so fragile.

Paul Russell quotes: When you get right down to it, we don't ever want to know one another too well. We want there to be that mystery. Where there's mystery, there's hope.

When you get right down to it, we don't ever want to know one another too well. We want there to be that mystery. Where there's mystery, there's hope.

Paul Russell quotes: The miracle," Claire said, "is that anybody stays together.

The miracle," Claire said, "is that anybody stays together.

Paul Russell quotes: Anybody can be anybody, he told himself as he eased his body down onto Devin's, the blunt pain of a beautiful pleasure wedging him open.

Anybody can be anybody, he told himself as he eased his body down onto Devin's, the blunt pain of a beautiful pleasure wedging him open.

Paul Russell quotes: On rooftops overlooking each crossing, Cossacks had begun setting up machine guns.

On rooftops overlooking each crossing, Cossacks had begun setting up machine guns.

Paul Russell quotes: And anyway, never, never apologise the morning after for what your hormones were telling you last night.

And anyway, never, never apologise the morning after for what your hormones were telling you last night.

Paul Russell quotes: The slippery slope was everywhere.

The slippery slope was everywhere.

Paul Russell quotes: The angel descended when you were least expecting it. Tracy felt something quietly go click in his despairing heart.

The angel descended when you were least expecting it. Tracy felt something quietly go click in his despairing heart.

Paul Russell quotes: Better to burn than to rot.

Better to burn than to rot.

Paul Russell quotes: You get exactly what you want, Anatole's always suspected, only when you get it it's no longer what you want, you need something else.

You get exactly what you want, Anatole's always suspected, only when you get it it's no longer what you want, you need something else.

Paul Russell quotes: What did beauty matter, anyway?

What did beauty matter, anyway?

Paul Russell quotes: He wanted to toast mad idealism, forbidden desires, the dreams that drove one to criminal acts. He wanted, quite starkly, oblivion.

He wanted to toast mad idealism, forbidden desires, the dreams that drove one to criminal acts. He wanted, quite starkly, oblivion.

Paul Russell quotes: If it was to be a time of momentous changes, then why not allow oneself to be swept along?

If it was to be a time of momentous changes, then why not allow oneself to be swept along?

Paul Russell quotes: The past is the past. It's the present we should worry about.

The past is the past. It's the present we should worry about.

Paul Russell quotes: People always had one kind of animal or another inside them.

People always had one kind of animal or another inside them.

Paul Russell quotes: Louis could never shake the suspicion that some people, whether consciously or not, called the storm to themselves.

Louis could never shake the suspicion that some people, whether consciously or not, called the storm to themselves.

Paul Russell quotes: Having without having: it's possible, isn't it, that that's worse than not having at all?

Having without having: it's possible, isn't it, that that's worse than not having at all?

Paul Russell quotes: Sometimes what you depend on is other people being even more wacked than you are.

Sometimes what you depend on is other people being even more wacked than you are.

Paul Russell quotes: Despite his care, Reid was still playing with fire, the kind that could without warning sheathe one's whole life in irreversible conflagration.

Despite his care, Reid was still playing with fire, the kind that could without warning sheathe one's whole life in irreversible conflagration.

Paul Russell quotes: Why not simply surrender to one's doom, since one was so clearly, so spectacularly, doomed?

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

Paul Russell quotes: 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 ...

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 ...

Paul Russell quotes: Were archaeologists really such a sex-starved lot as all that? Did pigs really sweat?

Were archaeologists really such a sex-starved lot as all that? Did pigs really sweat?

Paul Russell quotes: You're the enemy. You're the one who's going to defeat yourself.

You're the enemy. You're the one who's going to defeat yourself.

Paul Russell quotes: People always knew more than you gave them credit for. Perhaps, in the end, no one had any secrets at all.

People always knew more than you gave them credit for. Perhaps, in the end, no one had any secrets at all.

Paul Russell quotes: All desire, Tracy had had occasion since to think, is to some degree monstrous.

All desire, Tracy had had occasion since to think, is to some degree monstrous.

Paul Russell quotes: Sometimes Anatole wonders just where the elusive point is, where you stop being sane.

Sometimes Anatole wonders just where the elusive point is, where you stop being sane.

Paul Russell quotes: And now none of it could be undone. That was the exquisite irony: the act that had undone everything could not itself be undone.

And now none of it could be undone. That was the exquisite irony: the act that had undone everything could not itself be undone.

Paul Russell quotes: Had she allowed the flame to burn so low it was now in danger of complete extinction?

Had she allowed the flame to burn so low it was now in danger of complete extinction?

Paul Russell quotes: Leigh stands there, not so much a figure to scare crows as to beckon doves.

Leigh stands there, not so much a figure to scare crows as to beckon doves.

Paul Russell quotes: Class, she reminded herself, was the real marker in America.

Class, she reminded herself, was the real marker in America.

Paul Russell quotes: The damage love does when love goes astray. And did it ever, given half a chance, fail to wander?

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

Paul Russell quotes: God gave us orifices, God gave us wounds.

God gave us orifices, God gave us wounds.

Paul Russell quotes: Did one learn or was one shaped?

Did one learn or was one shaped?

Paul Russell quotes: Was there anything quite so painful, so fraught with the possibilities of hurt, as gift giving within a family?

Was there anything quite so painful, so fraught with the possibilities of hurt, as gift giving within a family?

Paul Russell quotes: Romance always involved a bit of deceit.

Romance always involved a bit of deceit.

Paul Russell quotes: Education teaches children to lose interest in what matters most to them.

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

Paul Russell quotes: God answers every prayer, Rabbi Schumann once told him, years ago. Mostly His answer is 'no'.

God answers every prayer, Rabbi Schumann once told him, years ago. Mostly His answer is 'no'.

Paul Russell quotes: Absolutely, love matters," she reiterated. "We forget that at our own risk.

Absolutely, love matters," she reiterated. "We forget that at our own risk.

Paul Russell quotes: I think good conversation is really the best form of sex.

I think good conversation is really the best form of sex.

Paul Russell quotes: She simply could not imagine lives ending so soon. Oh, you poor young men, she thought wildly.

She simply could not imagine lives ending so soon. Oh, you poor young men, she thought wildly.

Paul Russell quotes: The universe loves irony even more than it loves futility.

The universe loves irony even more than it loves futility.

Paul Russell quotes: TO MY MIND, PUSHKIN BEST SUMS UP THE SEASON: Lovely summer, how I could cherish you / If heat and dust and gnats and flies were banished.

TO MY MIND, PUSHKIN BEST SUMS UP THE SEASON: Lovely summer, how I could cherish you / If heat and dust and gnats and flies were banished.

Paul Russell quotes: Do you even know what gay stands for? Well, let me tell you. G-A-Y. Got Aids yet?

Do you even know what gay stands for? Well, let me tell you. G-A-Y. Got Aids yet?

Paul Russell quotes: What was inside him would never go away. What had happened would never not have happened.

What was inside him would never go away. What had happened would never not have happened.

Paul Russell quotes: Still, for all that, her life had lacked passion. The demons had never come for her.

Still, for all that, her life had lacked passion. The demons had never come for her.

Paul Russell quotes: We should all be merely animals. As humans, there are miseries nothing can put us out of.

We should all be merely animals. As humans, there are miseries nothing can put us out of.

Paul Russell quotes: There are a few scattered moments in one's life when everything seems possible.

There are a few scattered moments in one's life when everything seems possible.

Paul Russell quotes: 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.

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.

Paul Russell quotes: Love was like death that way.

Love was like death that way.

Paul Russell quotes: There must have been a time, before Internet porn, when there wasn't a script. Nowadays, everybody knows exactly how sex is supposed to go.

There must have been a time, before Internet porn, when there wasn't a script. Nowadays, everybody knows exactly how sex is supposed to go.

Paul Russell quotes: There was no denying it. Boys grabbed him. Their loveliness tore him apart. The world was a wonder after all.

There was no denying it. Boys grabbed him. Their loveliness tore him apart. The world was a wonder after all.

Paul Russell quotes: If certain places you came to in life felt right, then how many others were just as clearly the wrong place to be?

If certain places you came to in life felt right, then how many others were just as clearly the wrong place to be?

Paul Russell quotes: As long as we do violence to other animals, we'll keep on doing violence to ourselves.

As long as we do violence to other animals, we'll keep on doing violence to ourselves.

Paul Russell quotes: Our students didn't used to come from such damaged families," Louis mused. "It's true what they say. This country really is coming apart at the seams.

Our students didn't used to come from such damaged families," Louis mused. "It's true what they say. This country really is coming apart at the seams.

Paul Russell quotes: It was a failure of pedagogical nerve, she reminded herself, to give up on a student.

It was a failure of pedagogical nerve, she reminded herself, to give up on a student.

Paul Russell quotes: I'm talking about other kinds of hunger. Desire.

I'm talking about other kinds of hunger. Desire.

Paul Russell quotes: Love loves anarchy. It loves to wreak havoc. It loves to dance atop the ruins.

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

Paul Russell quotes: Just because you pretend the universe doesn't have teeth doesn't mean you won't get eaten in the end.

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

Paul Russell quotes: Louis had learned to be suspicious of the word educational. It covered, after all, a multitude of sins.

Louis had learned to be suspicious of the word educational. It covered, after all, a multitude of sins.

Paul Russell quotes: Was this what was called falling in love, this wayward glimpse of another person's soul?

Was this what was called falling in love, this wayward glimpse of another person's soul?

Paul Russell quotes: There was always something sly about any act of education. Eve had learned that in the garden.

There was always something sly about any act of education. Eve had learned that in the garden.