6 Quotes & Sayings By Brian Evenson

Brian Evenson is the author of nine novels, including The Open Curtain, The Bus Conductor, and The Rule of Thirds. His work has been compared to Franz Kafka, Albert Camus, William Faulkner, and Thomas Pynchon. He has received the prestigious Macavity Award for Best Novel of 2006 for The Open Curtain. He is also the author of two collections of stories including The Joint Optimism of Kate and Laura and The House That Will Not Stand Read more

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Of course there’s another choice, he thought. There is always another choice. I’m just not going to take it. Brian Evenson
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Curiosity is a terrible thing, he was thinking. How is it possible to stop oneself from needing to know? Brian Evenson
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I am your friend, ” Gous said. “I drank with you, didn’t I?”Kline tried to nod but nothing happened. He could see the wrappings around Gous’ hand staining with blood.“ Besides, ” said Gous, “friendship is one thing, God another. Brian Evenson
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There is, in every event, whether lived or told, always a hole or a gap, often more than one. If we allow ourselves to get caught in it, we find it opening onto a void that, once we have slipped into it, we can never escape. Brian Evenson
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Anything can happen: anything. Or nothing. Who can say? The world, monstrous, is made that way, and in the end consumes us all. Who am I, administrated or no, to have the audacity to survive it? Brian Evenson