4 Quotes & Sayings By Eugene Linden

Eugene L. Linden was born in San Diego, California, in 1960. He earned his B.A. in English at the University of California at Berkeley and his M.F.A Read more

in creative writing at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. Eugene's first book, THE OTHER FOREVER, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2003 to critical praise and rave reviews from The New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly, and the Los Angeles Times. His second novel, THE DARKEST DREAMS OF ALL, will be published by Simon & Schuster in June 2012.

He lives with his wife and two children in Oakland, California.

1
Traveling can never be taken for granted, no matter how meticulous the preparations. Eugene Linden
2
Time and again our best and brightest have alerted society to looming problems, but our persistent pattern has been to ignore the warnings and suffer the consequences. The pathetic refrain of recent years --'Nobody saw this coming'--is always a self-serving lie. Eugene Linden
3
The keepers would give the gorillas an assortment of fruits and vegetables each afternoon, and on this particular occasion, Judy Sievert tossed Nina an apple, which rolled away. Instead of going to get it, Nina just 'sat there sadly, ' in Judy's words. Judy continued her rounds, handing out yams and apples to the other gorillas, but Nina sat there looking appleless and downtrodden. Taking pity, Judy tossed her another apple. As soon as Nina had it, she got up and went over to where the first apple had rolled away, taking it too. Eugene Linden