“ History...to stand in a place and know that this where you come from for a dozen generations or maybe a hundred generations or maybe more. To know there was a great city two thousand years ago in this… David Vann
“ As if each of us might somehow have a blueprint. As if somewhere there's the shape of my life, and I had the chance to choose a few variations, but not far from the pattern. David Vann
“ The worst part of childhood is not knowing that bad things pass, that time passes. A terrible moment in childhood hovers with s kind of eternity, unbearable. David Vann
“ This is what I’ve always loved about a city, all the worlds hidden away inside, largest of aquariums. David Vann
“ We live through evolution ourselves, each of us, progressing through different apprehensions of the world, at each age forgetting the last age, every previous mind erased. We no longer see the same wo… David Vann
“ 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
“ Each one a little bit different but following some blueprint somewhere. As if each of us might have a blueprint. As if somewhere there's the shape of my life, and I had the chance to choose a few vari… David Vann
“ If enough people repeat the stories for long enough, Jason will become something that cannot die, but he also will have been erased, because the actions are too large and impersonal. The stories will… David Vann
“ I've thought of it ever since, the idea that we don't stray far, that what feels like discovery is only the revealing of what was hidden but there, waiting. I remember because I think this might be a… David Vann
“ Maybe this is as near as we can come to forgiveness. Not the past wiped away, nothing undone, but some willingness in the present, some recognition and embrace and slowing down. David Vann
“ 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
