424 Quotes by Michael Chabon

The handy thing about being a father is that the historical standard is so pitifully low.

His mother is calling him on the ultrasonic frequency reserved by the government for Jewish mothers in the event of lunch.

You can’t walk me to school,” Tommy said. He came into the kitchen, sat down before his plate, and stared at it, waiting for Sammy to pile it with eggs. “Mom, you can’t possibly. I would die. I would absolutely die.” “He would die,” Sammy told Rosa.“Which would be very embarrassing for me,” Rosa said. “Standing there next to a dead body in front of William Floyd Junior High.

Oops

Oops, the moth woman mumbles

There was a kind of autumnal stain in the air that reminded me of the smell of leather work gloves, a high-school locker room at homecoming, the inside of an ancient canvas tent.

This is our life happening... and it’s happening right now.

Her hair was a glory of tendrils for the snaring of husbands.

The first and last duty of the lover of the game of baseball," Peavine's book began, "whether in the stands or on the field, is the same as that of the lover of life itself: to pay attention to it. When it comes to the position of catcher, as all but fools and shortstops will freely acknowledge, this solemn requirement is doubled.