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Philipp Meyer quotes: She knew why the Colonel had hated talking about the old days. Because the moment you looked back, and began to make your tally, you were done for.

She knew why the Colonel had hated talking about the old days. Because the moment you looked back, and began to make your tally, you were done for.

Philipp Meyer quotes: What we need is another great ice to come and sweep us all into the ocean. To give God a second chance.

What we need is another great ice to come and sweep us all into the ocean. To give God a second chance.

Philipp Meyer quotes: If no one heard your sounds then you did not really make them.

If no one heard your sounds then you did not really make them.

Philipp Meyer quotes: Each time a high-wage job is lost, a family is turned upside down. And that affects the communities where they live.

Each time a high-wage job is lost, a family is turned upside down. And that affects the communities where they live.

Philipp Meyer quotes: Since I quit banking, all my major life decisions, when they could, have revolved around writing.

Since I quit banking, all my major life decisions, when they could, have revolved around writing.

Philipp Meyer quotes: The strong took from the weak, only the weak believed otherwise.

The strong took from the weak, only the weak believed otherwise.

Philipp Meyer quotes: I wanted to think about our creation myth; you know, what is the fundamental story that defines America. And it certainly is the West.

I wanted to think about our creation myth; you know, what is the fundamental story that defines America. And it certainly is the West.

Philipp Meyer quotes: I'm interested in getting deep into a person's consciousness and doing so in ways in which the narrator is secondary to the character's own thoughts.

I'm interested in getting deep into a person's consciousness and doing so in ways in which the narrator is secondary to the character's own thoughts.

Philipp Meyer quotes: My parents have always been incredibly supportive. Even when I dropped out of high school, they said, 'We trust you, we believe in you.'

My parents have always been incredibly supportive. Even when I dropped out of high school, they said, 'We trust you, we believe in you.'

Philipp Meyer quotes: I can hear the Colonel - no land was ever acquired honestly in the history of the earth - but it does not make me feel any better.

I can hear the Colonel - no land was ever acquired honestly in the history of the earth - but it does not make me feel any better.

Philipp Meyer quotes: Only bullets and walls make for honest neighbors.

Only bullets and walls make for honest neighbors.

Philipp Meyer quotes: They could not seem to grasp that what mattered was what you did. Not what you said or thought about.

They could not seem to grasp that what mattered was what you did. Not what you said or thought about.

Philipp Meyer quotes: You ought to be able to grow up in a place and not have to get the hell out of it when you turn eighteen.

You ought to be able to grow up in a place and not have to get the hell out of it when you turn eighteen.

Philipp Meyer quotes: Nothing prepares you for making art except making art. You have to do it to get better.

Nothing prepares you for making art except making art. You have to do it to get better.

Philipp Meyer quotes: I like mechanical things; my first book was a mechanics guide - that was what my parents couldn't pry away from me; that was the blanket.

I like mechanical things; my first book was a mechanics guide - that was what my parents couldn't pry away from me; that was the blanket.

Philipp Meyer quotes: I had never known there were so many people on earth.

I had never known there were so many people on earth.

Philipp Meyer quotes: I try to begin writing as close to a dreamlike state as I can get.

I try to begin writing as close to a dreamlike state as I can get.

Philipp Meyer quotes: People like him think you can apologize things away, that you can confess over and over until you are free to repeat your crime.

People like him think you can apologize things away, that you can confess over and over until you are free to repeat your crime.

Philipp Meyer quotes: Everyone loves the underdog. Until they have to take his side.

Everyone loves the underdog. Until they have to take his side.

Philipp Meyer quotes: My ideal is to write most of the day, then go running, find friends and socialise all evening; my mind recharges with human contact.

My ideal is to write most of the day, then go running, find friends and socialise all evening; my mind recharges with human contact.

Philipp Meyer quotes: Of course you wanted your children to have it better than you had. But at what point was it not better at all?

Of course you wanted your children to have it better than you had. But at what point was it not better at all?

Philipp Meyer quotes: Perhaps another great ice will come and grind all this into dust. Leaving no trace of our existence, as even fire does.

Perhaps another great ice will come and grind all this into dust. Leaving no trace of our existence, as even fire does.

Philipp Meyer quotes: When is the army getting here?" "Never," he said. "Well . . . One riot, one Ranger." "Sure. Unless you're the one Ranger.

When is the army getting here?" "Never," he said. "Well . . . One riot, one Ranger." "Sure. Unless you're the one Ranger.

Philipp Meyer quotes: It had been a turning point in her life, in some sense it's most important moment; she had seen the world and retreated.

It had been a turning point in her life, in some sense it's most important moment; she had seen the world and retreated.

Philipp Meyer quotes: My first published novel, 'American Rust,' took three and a half years of full-time work to write. But I wrote two apprentice novels before that.

My first published novel, 'American Rust,' took three and a half years of full-time work to write. But I wrote two apprentice novels before that.

Philipp Meyer quotes: If you hate me it is because I have morals.

If you hate me it is because I have morals.

Philipp Meyer quotes: Cornell changed my life; getting in there was one of my pinnacle moments.

Cornell changed my life; getting in there was one of my pinnacle moments.

Philipp Meyer quotes: This is what it means to get old, you don't look forward to pleasure so much as easing pain.

This is what it means to get old, you don't look forward to pleasure so much as easing pain.

Philipp Meyer quotes: When novels deal in abstractions, they generally go off the rails.

When novels deal in abstractions, they generally go off the rails.

Philipp Meyer quotes: On a horse he still looks like a young man; on the ground he carries the weight of all his years.

On a horse he still looks like a young man; on the ground he carries the weight of all his years.

Philipp Meyer quotes: If a man has done it, so can you: that is what our father used to tell us.

If a man has done it, so can you: that is what our father used to tell us.

Philipp Meyer quotes: If you're always thinking about someone else's work, about the tradition you're working in, how can you possibly make anything good?

If you're always thinking about someone else's work, about the tradition you're working in, how can you possibly make anything good?

Philipp Meyer quotes: could not be expected to part with them.

could not be expected to part with them.

Philipp Meyer quotes: No land was ever acquired honestly in the history of the earth.

No land was ever acquired honestly in the history of the earth.

Philipp Meyer quotes: Follow your footprints long enough and they will turn into those of a beast.

Follow your footprints long enough and they will turn into those of a beast.

Philipp Meyer quotes: What art and books do at their best is investigate why we are the way we are.

What art and books do at their best is investigate why we are the way we are.

Philipp Meyer quotes: All the things you needed to know in life - you didn't learn them until you'd already made your decisions.

All the things you needed to know in life - you didn't learn them until you'd already made your decisions.

Philipp Meyer quotes: When you take the fact that you're loved for granted, it frees your mind to go after every other thing there is.

When you take the fact that you're loved for granted, it frees your mind to go after every other thing there is.

Philipp Meyer quotes: You could not measure yourself against the dead, they retained their perfection while your flesh got weaker and weaker.

You could not measure yourself against the dead, they retained their perfection while your flesh got weaker and weaker.

Philipp Meyer quotes: Your mind burns a lot of calories. Writing can feel like a physical workout.

Your mind burns a lot of calories. Writing can feel like a physical workout.

Philipp Meyer quotes: resacas have all gone dry. The entire earth, it seems, is being slowly transformed into

resacas have all gone dry. The entire earth, it seems, is being slowly transformed into