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One assumes that the world simply is and is and is but it isn't, it is like music that we hear a moment at a time and put together in our heads. But this music, unlike other music, cannot be performed again.

Russell Hoban

I am that astonishment from which you write in those brief moments when you can write.

Russell Hoban

A turtle doesn't have to decide every morning whether to keep on bothering, it just carries on. Maybe that's why man kills everything: envy.

Russell Hoban

A story is what remains when you leave out most of the action.

Russell Hoban

Sometimes I think that the biggest difference between men and women is that more men need to seek out some terrible lurking thing in existence and hurl themselves upon it... Women know where it lives but they can let it alone.

Russell Hoban

It is not always a comfort to find a like-minded person, another fraction of being who shares one's incompleteness.

Russell Hoban

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.

Russell Hoban

Russell Hoban

Russell Hoban

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Born: February 4, 1925

Died: December 13, 2011 (aged 86)

Bio: Russell Conwell Hoban was 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.

Known for:

Riddley Walker (1980)
Bread and jam for Frances (1964)
Bedtime for Frances (1960)
The Mouse and His Child (1967)
A birthday for Frances (1968)

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