Quotes by : Jonathan Lethem

The voices may propel you to warble along, or to dance, they may inspire you to seduction or insurrection....

How often had that hydrant even been opened? Did you jet water through a car window, what, twice at best?....

It wasn't for children, seventh grade. You could read the stress of even entering the building in the....

The world was ersatz and actual, forged and faked, by ourselves and unseen others. Daring to attempt....

It was entirely possible that one song could destroy your life. Yes, musical doom could fall on a lone....

The dentist swiveled on his heels and disappeared, leaving me there to massage my jaw back into feeling....

Did he ever--try?'Mingus shrugged. 'He was like you.'What's that mean?'Means he tried.'Of course. The....

What age is a black boy when he learns he's scary?

Fifth grade was fourth grade with something wrong. Nothing changed outright. Instead it teetered. You'd....

Apparently Brooklyn needn't always push itself to be something else, something conscious and anxious,....