Best 6 quotes of Shane Warren Jones on MyQuotes

A book is basically just symbols arranged to form this story, this world. But on the other hand, books, novels, literature in general, is what shows us at our most human.

Adults trying to protect children from reality, right? And adults always trying to fill children with fantasy - the tooth fairy, Santa, make-believe games, etc. But kids are really smart, I think they know from an early age about death, this void and hole they are immediately traveling toward.

I like horses. My grandfather had a horse named Whiskey and I got to ride it all the time. They are terrifying and beautiful. If there's a beast taking you to heaven or hell it probably looks something like a horse.

I'm a white guy listening to the Cure and thinking about Pynchon influences.

I think literature is somehow both a fantasy and a reality we should all get back to.

The more we get away from believing and studying literature, the worst we become, the more we lose our soul.