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Dave Eggers Quotes - Page 3

I went to Saudi Arabia in 2010, and spent most of my time in Jeddah and the King Abdullah Economic City.

"Dave Eggers: 'We tend to look everywhere but the mirror' - interview". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. January 26, 2013.

I was feeling everything too much. Everything pulled at my eyes. I spent hours floating in pools.

"Carolyn Lang: The last book I loved, you shall know our velocity!". therumpus.net. May 6, 2011.

Good artists exist in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are.

Dave Eggers (2014). “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: Picador Classic”, p.168, Pan Macmillan

If your hand doesn't work for it, your heart doesn't feel sorry for it.

Dave Eggers (2010). “Zeitoun”, p.59, Vintage

The pain is not great. But the symbolism is disagreeable.

Dave Eggers (2007). “What Is the What”, p.50, Vintage

Morning comes like a scream through a pinhole.

Dave Eggers (2011). “How We Are Hungry”, p.129, Penguin UK

We lose weeks like buttons, like pencils.

Dave Eggers (2014). “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: Picador Classic”, p.55, Pan Macmillan

All I ever wanted was to know what to do.

Dave Eggers (2009). “You Shall Know Our Velocity”, p.352, Vintage