180 Quotes by Anthony Marra

Turning I would to I did is the grammar of growing up.

The future is the lie with which we justify the brutality of the present.

Time became more important the closer to death one was, so an extra few hours to make peace with the world were worth more than years.

If he had the cleft tongue of a devil, or the snake hair of a Medusa, or the matted hair of a wolf-monster, Akhmed might understand. But Ramazan had two eyes, a nose, and a mouth, pairs of arms and legs and ears, hair greasy, but not slimy and certainly not slithering, and Akhmed did not understand.

Of course he was required to wear a seat belt, just as he was required to give directions to a torture camp, because stupidity was the single abiding law of the universe.

Endurance, I reminded myself, is the true measure of existence.

Never forget the first three letters of confidence.

There are so many paths to contentment if you're open to self-delusion.

A single whisper can be quite a disturbance when the rest of the audience is silent.