“ Bits might be mended without a seam, that what had vanished might reappear, that a scattered handful of doves or dust might be reunited by a word, that a paper rose consumed by fire could be made to b… Michael Chabon
“ You could almost see the idea elbowing its way around the inside of his mind, like Athena in the cranium of Zeus. Michael Chabon
“ What would she be saying if she did? That she did want to marry him? For ten years, at least, since she was twelve or thirteen, Rosa had been declaring roundly to anyone who asked that she had no inte… Michael Chabon
“ Wait, no, fuck cheese. Cheese is all about spores and, and, molds and all that shit. Maybe cheese is trying to colonize our brains, too. Cheese and music duking it out for control of the human nervous… Michael Chabon
“ Valetta, he said, thinking she still looked good, then abandoning his Spidey sense long enough to let her take him in her arms, the skin of her bare shoulder in a halter top cool against his shoulder,… Michael Chabon
“ Through parody and pastiche, allusion and homage, retelling and reimagining the stories that were told before us and that we have come of age loving—amateurs—we proceed, seeking out the blank places i… Michael Chabon
“ They're all Jewish, superheroes. Superman, you don't think he's Jewish? Coming over from the old country, changing his name like that. Clark Kent, only a Jew would pick a name like that for himself. Michael Chabon
“ The shock and fragrance of life, steaming red life, given off by the trail of the German's blood in the snow was a reproach to Joe, the reproach of something beautiful and inestimable, like innocence,… Michael Chabon
“ The Road is not a record of fatherly fidelity; it is a testament to the abyss of a parent’s greatest fears. The fear of leaving your child alone, of dying before your child has reached adulthood and l… Michael Chabon
“ Taking pains, working hard, not flaunting his or her chops so much as relying on them, the pop artisan teeters on a fine fulcrum between the stern, sell-the-product morality of the workhorse and the a… Michael Chabon
“ Such regrets would come only belatedly, a few days after, when he made the realization that death really did mean that you were never going to see the dead person ever again. What he regretted most of… Michael Chabon
“ See you in the funny papers, he said. Jaunty, he reminded himself; always jaunty. In my panache is their hope for salvation. Michael Chabon
“ People notice only what you tell them to notice, he said. And then only if you remind them. Michael Chabon
“ One of the fundamental axioms of masculine self-regard is that the tools and appurtenances of a man's life must be containable within the pockets of his jacket and pants. Wallet, keys, gum, show or ba… Michael Chabon
“ On a clear night in blacked-out countryside, in between bomber runs, when the tracer fire ceased and the searchlights went dark, the stars did not fill the sky so much as coat it like hoarfrost on a w… Michael Chabon
“ ONE OF THE STURDIEST PRECEPTS of the study of human delusion is that every golden age is either past or in the offing. The months preceding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor offer a rare exception t… Michael Chabon
“ Not only would I never want to belong to any club that would have me for a member--if elected I would wear street shoes onto the squash court and set fire to the ballroom curtains. Michael Chabon
“ Never worry about what you're escaping from, he said. Worry about what you're escaping to. Michael Chabon
“ Nel 1939, il giornale a fumetti americano, come i castori e gli scarafaggi della preistoria, era più grande e, voluminoso com'era, più ricco dei suoi moderni discendenti. Aspirava alle dimensioni di u… Michael Chabon
