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Quotes from The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories — Jeffrey Ford

born 1955 United States

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He kneels and prays to heaven but nothing happens.

The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories (2002)

What good is the illusion of fiction if it cannot show us a way to become the people we need to be?

The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories (2002)

If he’s not crazy, he’s probably playing with your mind. He seems to have a healthy measure of mischief about him. That string tie is a good indicator.

The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories (2002)

He’s no physician, he’s Grandfather Mess. He couldn’t cure a pain in the ass unless he left the room.

The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories (2002)

Between Heaven and Hell there is this place called reality. Reality might as well be Hell if you don’t have cash.

The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories (2002)

“My dear Philosopher,” said the countess. “You give sanity a bad name.”

The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories (2002)

Real memories intrude now and then as do self-admonitions for a wasted life, but the smoke’s other feature is that it lets you not give a shit about anything but taking in more smoke.

The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories (2002)

Life was never so clear-cut as to offer anything as certain as a war between Heaven and Hell. That was for stories.

The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories (2002)

“You gotta watch that anger. The customer’s always right,” said Merk.
“The customer’s hardly ever right,” said Slackwell.

The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories (2002)

A slight grin that has nothing to do with merriment is the sure sign that she is about to set things straight. Her overall air is one of constant suspicion, and ever readiness to take offense.

The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories (2002)

In their exquisite self-centeredness our ancestors believed that they were alone in the universe. At the same time, they had convinced themselves that Earth was the blue apple of God’s eye and the sole reason for all of creation. This two-headed fallacy caused humanity both delusions of grandeur and a paranoiac sense of loneliness.

The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories (2002)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jeffrey Ford (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.