quoting his brother's comment when he (Chris) told his brother that he was afraid because he'd just heard the story of Little Red Riding Hood, "dude, you can't be afraid of a wolf that dies wearing a dress"
on Americans, we are "more a nation of refugees than a nation of immigrants"
quoting poet Jack Gilbert's "Failing and Flying," "Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew"
(check out the entire poem here http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=177687 )
from his mother, "the kindness of strangers can unstitch us"
"Speaking your truth can be dangerous"
why he writes, "to work out questions about my human-ness"
the question he says he is always working through in his writing, "how do we become what we become?"
"language allows you to negotiate multiple identities"
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I had some favorites from the question and answer session earlier on Thursday:
ReplyDelete"Writers are the curators of our humanity."
"We should write against erasure."
"You know this kid's dead, right?"
"The smaller the cell phone gets, the larger the number of people who believe in angels."
"Hospitals are built around two things: how to get laundry and dead bodies out without anyone seeing them."
Felicia Steele, AEA chapter, TCNJ
My favorite quote was:
ReplyDelete"My prediction is that, in 5 years, the US will become a 3rd world country if it continues down the path it is"
- It's very true, and very frightening. It shows us just how close to downgrading as a civilization we truly are. I love how he mixed humor with stark clarity and truth. He is truly a profound author and person.