Russell Hoban
Russell Hoban
Russell Conwell Hobanwas an American expatriate writer. His works span many genres, including fantasy, science fiction, mainstream fiction, magical realism, poetry, and children's books. He lived in London, England, from 1969 until his death...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth4 February 1925
CountryUnited States of America
numbers mathematics
Them as counts counts moren them as dont count
parts seemed
There were times when it seemed to him that the different parts of him were not all under the same management.
american-novelist effort human language speak
Language is an archeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history.
american-novelist bothered cannot deal father great history past present teach wasted
If the past cannot teach the present and the father cannot teach the son, then history need not have bothered to go on, and the world has wasted a great deal of time.
situations-in-life violence violent
There are situations in life to which the only satisfactory response is a physically violent one. If you don't make that response, you continually relive the unresolved situation over and over in your life.
mathematics unlimited
More and more I'm aware that the permutations are not unlimited.
moving sunday sometimes
Sometimes there's nothing but Sundays for weeks on end. Why can't they move Sunday to the middle of the week so you could put it in the OUT tray on your desk?
art philosophy history
And now it seems she's on my wavelength. That's all I need. My mind isn't much of a comfort to me but at least I thought it was private.
art philosophy history
Me, what's that after all? An arbitrary limitation of being bounded by the people before and after and on either side. Where they leave off I begin, and vice versa.
baby art philosophy
A map is the dead body of where you've been. A map is the unborn baby of where you're going. There are no maps. Maps are pictures of what isn't.
matter things-that-matter make-sense
The things that matter don't necessarily make sense.
men worry suffering
When you suffer an attack of nerves you're being attacked by the nervous system. What chance has a man got against a system?.
mother hurt father
There is a tiger in my room,' said Frances. 'Did he bite you?' said Father. 'No,' said Frances. 'Did he scratch you?' said Mother. 'No,' said Frances. 'Then he is a friendly tiger,' said Father. 'He will not hurt you. Go back to sleep.
lost ready explorers
Explorers have to be ready to die lost.