6 Quotes by Michael Hofmann

It used to be that a novel would put you among people, tell you a story or stories, give you some sense of what it might be like to see a different cut-out and perspective of the world: as a schoolteacher, an adulteress, the wife of a member of Parliament, an officer, a cockroach.

Rocks and gravel will come down sometimes. But this is the first time there's ever been a mud event.

This is going to be a major project.

It was five inches above the door, and the thing is the doors don't seal. They lock, but they don't seal.

Heavy brush was all through here. So we're guessing you can almost see a trail going up there, and got down to here and started spreading out.

The first thought was nobody was hurt. There didn't seem to be a lot of damage. There was water in the house, but not a lot.