“Steve sighed, wishing for a cigarette. “The Buddha teaches respect for all life.” “Oh.” She considered this. “Are you a Buddhist?” “No. I’m an asshole. But I keep trying.”
―
Scott Hawkins,
The Library at Mount Char
“Peace of mind is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“The only real escape from hell is to conquer it.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“Erwin gave no fucks.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“Your affection is not meaningless to me, puny one. I shall devour you another day.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“It’s the notion that the universe is structured in such a way that no matter how many mysteries you solve, there is always a deeper mystery behind it.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“That’s the risk in working to be a dangerous person,” she said. “There’s always the chance you’ll run into someone who’s better at it than you.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“Buddhism, he thought, is a clean religion. You never heard about how eight people—two of them children—just got blown the fuck up as part of the long-standing conflict between Buddhists and whoever.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“Carolyn – I need you to go back into America. We need an innocent heart. We will offer it to Nobununga when he arrives. Do you think you can handle that?”“An innocent heart? In America?” She hesitated.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“Some people have an enormous capacity for feeling guilt, deserved or otherwise.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“How, he wondered, did humanity ever get along without duct tape?” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“As illustrated in any number of footnotes, men are almost always 50 to 60 percent dumber in matters involving their crotch.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“Aren’t you violating the building codes? Or the laws of physics?” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“OK, think of it this way. Do you know how microwaves work?”“No.”“It’s based on microwaves.”“Oh, wait. I just remembered. I do know how microwaves work, and what you’re saying is bullshit.”“Fine. It isn’t microwaves.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“Are you a Buddhist?""No, I'm an asshole. But I keep trying.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“Steve looked through the scope. The house was quiet now. Thin trickles of smoke leaked from the windows. As he watched, Mrs McGillicutty staggered outside. She was bloody and dazed, but very much alive. “Hey, there’s the old lady! What’s that she’s holding?”Carolyn took the scope and looked for herself, then handed it back. “Muffins. She’s got muffins.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“Thwarted by technobabble.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“She will warm herself on the memory of you when there is nothing else, and be sustained.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“I must send you into exile, that you may be the coal of her heart. No real thing can be so perfect as memory, and she will need a perfect thing if she is to survive. She will warm herself on the memory of you when there is nothing else, and be sustained.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“Peace of mind is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“The only real escape from hell is to conquer it.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“Erwin gave no fucks.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“Your affection is not meaningless to me, puny one. I shall devour you another day.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“It’s the notion that the universe is structured in such a way that no matter how many mysteries you solve, there is always a deeper mystery behind it.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“That’s the risk in working to be a dangerous person,” she said. “There’s always the chance you’ll run into someone who’s better at it than you.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“Buddhism, he thought, is a clean religion. You never heard about how eight people—two of them children—just got blown the fuck up as part of the long-standing conflict between Buddhists and whoever.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“Carolyn – I need you to go back into America. We need an innocent heart. We will offer it to Nobununga when he arrives. Do you think you can handle that?”“An innocent heart? In America?” She hesitated.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“Some people have an enormous capacity for feeling guilt, deserved or otherwise.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“How, he wondered, did humanity ever get along without duct tape?” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“As illustrated in any number of footnotes, men are almost always 50 to 60 percent dumber in matters involving their crotch.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“Aren’t you violating the building codes? Or the laws of physics?” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“OK, think of it this way. Do you know how microwaves work?”“No.”“It’s based on microwaves.”“Oh, wait. I just remembered. I do know how microwaves work, and what you’re saying is bullshit.”“Fine. It isn’t microwaves.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“Are you a Buddhist?""No, I'm an asshole. But I keep trying.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“Steve looked through the scope. The house was quiet now. Thin trickles of smoke leaked from the windows. As he watched, Mrs McGillicutty staggered outside. She was bloody and dazed, but very much alive. “Hey, there’s the old lady! What’s that she’s holding?”Carolyn took the scope and looked for herself, then handed it back. “Muffins. She’s got muffins.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“Thwarted by technobabble.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“She will warm herself on the memory of you when there is nothing else, and be sustained.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
“I must send you into exile, that you may be the coal of her heart. No real thing can be so perfect as memory, and she will need a perfect thing if she is to survive. She will warm herself on the memory of you when there is nothing else, and be sustained.” ― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
