26 Quotes by Matt Ruff

That’s the horror, the most awful thing: to have a child the world wants to destroy and know that you’re helpless to help him. Nothing worse than that. Nothing worse.

But stories are like people, Atticus. Loving them doesn’t make them perfect. You try to cherish their virtues and overlook their flaws. The flaws are still there, though. But you don’t get mad.

You made love to a dream. Have I ever lied to you, George? Then remember what I told you: Whoever you love will be just like me. Any woman seen through love’s eyes is as perfect as you thought me to be.” “No,” George said. “There’s no one like you.” “They’re all like me, George, if you see with your heart. But some of them stay.

Oh, what? You’re too smart to believe in ghosts? Flying across the universe, though, that’s logical.

I’m saying people can be real creative when it comes to ducking responsibility. You.

The law’s not for colored people, not down there .

Of course a certain number of scientists have to go mad, just to keep the tradition alive.

Atticus tried not to care, telling himself paperbacks were meant to be abused, but it was hard, like watching friends get knocked around.

Something else that puzzles me about other people is that a lot of them don’t know their purpose in life. This usually does bother them – more than not being able to remember being born, anyway – but I can’t even imagine it. Part of knowing who I am is knowing why I am, and I’ve always known who I am, from the first moment.