Quotes by : David Vann

Maybe this is as near as we can come to forgiveness. Not the past wiped away, nothing undone, but some....

And only men could have invented the idea of a king.

The worst part of childhood is not knowing that bad things pass, that time passes. A terrible moment....

What myth can hold when you kneel in your brother’s remains? When you slit his throat yourself? What....

There can be no god without desire.

I've thought of it ever since, the idea that we don't stray far, that what feels like discovery is only....

Each one a little bit different but following some blueprint somewhere. As if each of us might have a....

This is what I’ve always loved about a city, all the worlds hidden away inside, largest of aquariums.....

What would the world be like if men never ruled again?

If enough people repeat the stories for long enough, Jason will become something that cannot die, but....