Quotes from So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away

“I had become so quiet and so small in the grass by the pond that I was barely noticeable, hardly there. I sat there watching their living room shining out of the dark beside the pond. It looked like a fairy-tale functioning happily in the post-World War II gothic of America before television crippled the imagination and turned people indoors and away from living out their own fantasies with dignity. Anyway, I just kept getting smaller and smaller beside the pond, more and more unnoticed in the darkening summer grass until I disappeared into the 32 years that have passed since then.”
― Richard Brautigan, quote from So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away

“There wasn't a single thing in there that reminded me of my existence.”
― Richard Brautigan, quote from So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away

“When he said this, it was not a form of criticism. It was just a simple observation that led to another bite from the movie on his plate called The Old Man and the Stew.”
― Richard Brautigan, quote from So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away

“I was too young and naive then to link up the meaning of those ridiculingly defunct tennis shoes that I was forced to wear with the reality that we were on Welfare and Welfare was not designed to provide a child with any pride in its existence.”
― Richard Brautigan, quote from So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away

“I had become so quiet and so small in the grass by the pond that I was barely noticeable, hardly there… I just kept getting smaller and smaller beside the pond, more and more unnoticed in the darkening summer grass until I disappeared into the 32 years that have passed since then…”
― Richard Brautigan, quote from So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away

“I guess some people lived like Reader's Digest, but I hadn't met any and at that time it seemed doubtful that I ever would”
― Richard Brautigan, quote from So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away

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