Quotes by Jonathan Lethem, The Fortress of Solitude

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Did he ever--try?'Mingus shrugged. 'He was like you.'What's that mean?'Means he tried.'Of course. The ring was not a neu — Jonathan Lethem, The Fortress of Solitude
It was entirely possible that one song could destroy your life. Yes, musical doom could fall on a lone human form and cr — Jonathan Lethem, The Fortress of Solitude
Apparently Brooklyn needn't always push itself to be something else, something conscious and anxious, something pointed — Jonathan Lethem, The Fortress of Solitude
The voices may propel you to warble along, or to dance, they may inspire you to seduction or insurrection or inspection — Jonathan Lethem, The Fortress of Solitude
What age is a black boy when he learns he's scary? — Jonathan Lethem, The Fortress of Solitude
Eighth grade's a distant rumor, a tabled issue, and Dylan knows from experience that the summer between might change any — Jonathan Lethem, The Fortress of Solitude
Fifth grade was fourth grade with something wrong. Nothing changed outright. Instead it teetered. You'd pushed futility — Jonathan Lethem, The Fortress of Solitude
It wasn't for children, seventh grade. You could read the stress of even entering the building in the postures of the te — Jonathan Lethem, The Fortress of Solitude
If. If Mingus Rude could be kept in this place, kept somehow in Dylan's pocket, in his stinging, smudgy hands, then summ — Jonathan Lethem, The Fortress of Solitude
How often had that hydrant even been opened? Did you jet water through a car window, what, twice at best? Summer burned — Jonathan Lethem, The Fortress of Solitude
You could grow up in the city where history was made and still miss it all. — Jonathan Lethem, The Fortress of Solitude