Michael Gruber Quotes

• The problem with evil people is that they can see only evil in others. It is one of the worst curses of being evil, that you can no longer experience good.

  Michael Gruber

  Evil People, Problem, Worst

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• But there's the paradox of fiction - why do you cry when a fake character dies? It's the basis of art. You engage with people who don't exist and care about them as you would your friends and relatives.

  Michael Gruber

  Art, Character, People

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• As a matter of fact I had a terribly traumatic childhood. But afterward I sort of reraised myself.

  Michael Gruber

  Childhood, Matter, Facts

  Michael Gruber (2010). “The Good Son: A Novel”, p.93, Macmillan

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• But it turns out that people who are grounded and secure don't change much under stress. That's what being grounded means.

  Michael Gruber

  Stress, Mean, People

  Michael Gruber (2010). “The Good Son: A Novel”, p.93, Henry Holt and Company

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• Does it matter, when you read, if the person who wrote still lives?

  Michael Gruber

  Does It Matter, Stills, Still Life

  Michael Gruber (2009). “The Book of Air and Shadows: A Novel”, p.9, Harper Collins

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• The Book of Air and Shadows' was born during a conference with an intellectual property lawyer on a particular afternoon in November of 2003.

  Michael Gruber

  Book, Air, Intellectual

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• Professors go batty too, perhaps more often than other people, although owing to their profession, their madness is less often remarked.

  Michael Gruber

  Teacher, People, Owing

  Michael Gruber (2009). “The Book of Air and Shadows: A Novel”, p.54, Harper Collins

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• It's part of what we call the Shadow, all the dark parts of us we can't face. It's the thing that, if we don't deal with it, eventually poisons our lives.

  Michael Gruber

  Dark, Shadow, Poison

  Michael Gruber (2010). “The Good Son”, p.134, Atlantic Books Ltd

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