“ One of the sturdiest precepts of the study of human delusion is that every golden age is either past or in the passing. During 1941, in the wake of that outburst of gaudy hopefulness, the World’s Fair… Michael Chabon
“ Naomi was a tough kid, so much tougher than Landsman ever needed to be. She was two years younger, close enough for everything Landsman did or said to constitute a mark that must be surpassed or a the… Michael Chabon
“ My story and my stories are all, in one or another, the same, tales of solitude and the grand pursuit of connection, of success and the inevitability of defeat. Michael Chabon
“ I’d spent my whole life waiting to awake on an ordinary morning in the town that was destined to be my home, in the arms of the woman I was destined to love, knowing the people and doing the work that… Michael Chabon
“ It's always been hard for me to tell the difference between denial and what used to be known as hope. Michael Chabon
“ I thought you seemed like someone who might enjoy backgammon, said the kid, gravely mistaken. Michael Chabon
“ I charge you as I was charged. Don't waste your life. Don't allow your body's weakness to be a weakness of your spirit. Repay your debt of freedom. You have the key. Michael Chabon
“ His illusions about American decency had not survived the reading of American history. Michael Chabon
“ He had not spoken to a desirable woman who was not at some level his enemy or a whore since 1944. Michael Chabon
“ Entertainment has a bad name...The word wears spandex, pasties, a leisure suit studded with blinking lights. Michael Chabon
“ But we have learned to mistrust and despise our human aptitude for being entertained, and in that sense we get the entertainment we deserve. Michael Chabon
“ At the end of every short story the reader should feel as if a cloud has been lifted from the face of the moon. Michael Chabon
“ Although it wasn't raining anymore, the air was still heavy with water, and rain gutters were ringing all over Point Breeze. Michael Chabon
“ A great feat of engineering is an object of perpetual interest to people bent on self-destruction Michael Chabon
“ It had bred false camaraderies and drawn my attention to deep flaws and fault lines when what mattered--what matters so often in the course of everyday human life--were the surfaces and the joins. Michael Chabon
“ He lifted his eyes. The eternal kind went out of his shoulder. He opened his mouth and closed it again, speechless with outrage, joy, and wonder. Then he burst into tears. Michael Chabon
“ It was the insoluble problems—the false leads and the cold cases—that reflected the true nature of things. Michael Chabon
