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Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "Time is never wasted if you remember to bring along something to read."

Time is never wasted if you remember to bring along something to read.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "Why should things be easy to understand?"

Why should things be easy to understand?




Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "Murphy's Law, that brash proletarian restatement of Godel's Theorem."

Murphy's Law, that brash proletarian restatement of Godel's Theorem.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "Every weirdo in the world is on my wavelength."

Every weirdo in the world is on my wavelength.




Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "Let the peace of this day be here tomorrow when I wake up."

Let the peace of this day be here tomorrow when I wake up.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "A screaming comes across the sky."

A screaming comes across the sky.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "The Lord's angel, Gebrail, dictated the Koran to Mohammed the Lord's Prophet. What a joke if all that holy book were only twenty-three years of listening to the desert. A desert which has no voice."

The Lord's angel, Gebrail, dictated the Koran to Mohammed the Lord's Prophet. What a joke if all that holy book were only twenty-three years of listening to the desert. A desert which has no voice.




Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "It all comes down, as it must, to the desires of individual men. Oh, and women too of course, bless their empty little heads."

It all comes down, as it must, to the desires of individual men. Oh, and women too of course, bless their empty little heads.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "Someday it'll all be done by machine. Information machines."

Someday it'll all be done by machine. Information machines.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "Oh, this beer here is cold, cold and hop-bitter, no point coming up for air, gulp, till it's all--hahhhh."

Oh, this beer here is cold, cold and hop-bitter, no point coming up for air, gulp, till it's all--hahhhh.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "Idle dreaming is often of the essence of what we do."

Idle dreaming is often of the essence of what we do.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "Behind the hieroglyphic streets there would either be a transcendent meaning, or only the earth."

Behind the hieroglyphic streets there would either be a transcendent meaning, or only the earth.




Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "It takes, unhappily, no more than a desk and writing supplies to turn any room into a confessional."

It takes, unhappily, no more than a desk and writing supplies to turn any room into a confessional.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "Life's single lesson: that there is more accident to it than a man can ever admit to in a lifetime and stay sane."

Life's single lesson: that there is more accident to it than a man can ever admit to in a lifetime and stay sane.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "Not me, paranoia's the garlic in life's kitchen, right, you can never have too much."

Not me, paranoia's the garlic in life's kitchen, right, you can never have too much.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "Real flight and dreams of flight go together. Both are part of the same movement. Not A before B, but all together."

Real flight and dreams of flight go together. Both are part of the same movement. Not A before B, but all together.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "Length is usually intensity. Not time."

Length is usually intensity. Not time.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "There was no difference between the behavior of a god and the operations of pure chance."

There was no difference between the behavior of a god and the operations of pure chance.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "It is simply wrong to begin with a theme, symbol or other abstract unifying agent, and then try to force characters and events to conform to it."

It is simply wrong to begin with a theme, symbol or other abstract unifying agent, and then try to force characters and events to conform to it.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "If there is something comforting - religious, if you want - about paranoia, there is still also anti-paranoia, where nothing is connected to anything, a condition not many of us can bear for long."

If there is something comforting - religious, if you want - about paranoia, there is still also anti-paranoia, where nothing is connected to anything, a condition not many of us can bear for long.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "this is america, you live in it, you let it happen. let it unfurl."

this is america, you live in it, you let it happen. let it unfurl.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "What North Europe thinks of as its history is actually quite provincial and of limited interest. Different sorts of Christian killing each other, and that's about it."

What North Europe thinks of as its history is actually quite provincial and of limited interest. Different sorts of Christian killing each other, and that's about it.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "My belief is that "recluse" is a code word generated by journalists... meaning, "doesn't like to talk to reporters.""

My belief is that "recluse" is a code word generated by journalists... meaning, "doesn't like to talk to reporters."



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "The general public has long been divided into two parts; those who think that science can do anything and those who are afraid it will."

The general public has long been divided into two parts; those who think that science can do anything and those who are afraid it will.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "She thougt of sunrise over the library slope at Cornell University that nobody out on it had seen because the slope faces west."

She thougt of sunrise over the library slope at Cornell University that nobody out on it had seen because the slope faces west.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "Teamwork," Koteks snarled, "is one word for it, yeah. What it really is is a way to avoid responsibility. It's a symptom of the gutlessness of the whole society."

Teamwork," Koteks snarled, "is one word for it, yeah. What it really is is a way to avoid responsibility. It's a symptom of the gutlessness of the whole society.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "There is nothing so loathsome as a sentimental surrealist."

There is nothing so loathsome as a sentimental surrealist.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "Hey, over here! Have your picture taken with a reclusive author! Today only, we'll throw in a free autograph! But wait, there's more!"

Hey, over here! Have your picture taken with a reclusive author! Today only, we'll throw in a free autograph! But wait, there's more!



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "Through the machineries of greed, pettiness, and the abuse of power, love occurs."

Through the machineries of greed, pettiness, and the abuse of power, love occurs.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "But as with Maxwell's Demon, so now. Either she could not communicate, or he did not exist."

But as with Maxwell's Demon, so now. Either she could not communicate, or he did not exist.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "Our history is an aggregate of last moments"

Our history is an aggregate of last moments



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "Explosion without an objective', declared Miles Blundell, 'is politics in its purest form'."

Explosion without an objective', declared Miles Blundell, 'is politics in its purest form'.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "Let me be unambiguous. I prefer not to be photographed."

Let me be unambiguous. I prefer not to be photographed.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "To have humanism we must first be convinced of our humanity. As we move further into decadence this becomes more difficult."

To have humanism we must first be convinced of our humanity. As we move further into decadence this becomes more difficult.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "All investigations of Time, however sophisticated or abstract, have at their true base the human fear of mortality."

All investigations of Time, however sophisticated or abstract, have at their true base the human fear of mortality.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "Danger's over, Banana Breakfast is saved."

Danger's over, Banana Breakfast is saved.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "Some of us are afraid of dying; others of human loneliness. Profane was afraid of land or seascapes like this, where nothing else lived but himself."

Some of us are afraid of dying; others of human loneliness. Profane was afraid of land or seascapes like this, where nothing else lived but himself.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "Perhaps its familiarity rendered it temporarily invisible to you."

Perhaps its familiarity rendered it temporarily invisible to you.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "Despair came over her, as it will when nobody around has any sexual relevance to you."

Despair came over her, as it will when nobody around has any sexual relevance to you.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "The hand of Providence creeps among the stars, giving Slothrop the finger."

The hand of Providence creeps among the stars, giving Slothrop the finger.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "A woman is only half of something there are usually two sides to."

A woman is only half of something there are usually two sides to.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "Can't say it often enough — change your hair, change your life."

Can't say it often enough — change your hair, change your life.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "For every kind of vampire, there is a kind of cross"

For every kind of vampire, there is a kind of cross



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "Get too conceptual, too cute and remote, and your characters die on the page."

Get too conceptual, too cute and remote, and your characters die on the page.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "If America was a person, and it sat down, Lancaster town would be plunged into a Darkness unbreathable."

If America was a person, and it sat down, Lancaster town would be plunged into a Darkness unbreathable.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "He decided that we suffer from great temporal homesickness for the decade we were born in."

He decided that we suffer from great temporal homesickness for the decade we were born in.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "They plot, they plot, sleeping or afoot they never let up."

They plot, they plot, sleeping or afoot they never let up.



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "Shall I project a world?"

Shall I project a world?



Thomas Pynchon Quotes: "[Oedipa Maas] awoke at last to find herself getting laid."

[Oedipa Maas] awoke at last to find herself getting laid.