“The old ram stands looking down over rockslides, stupidly triumphant.”— John Gardner, amazon.comTagged: First Line of Books, first lines of books, You Thought You Won But You Actually Lost
“Locked in the deadly progression of moon and stars.”— John Gardner, amazon.comTagged: Fatalism, Our Existential Physics
“The cold night air is reality at last: indifferent to me as a stone face carved on a high cliff wall to show that the world is abandoned.”— John Gardner, Grendel, amazon.comTagged: Nature's Apathy, Night