"The Flamethrowers" Quotes
A young artist navigates the worlds of art, politics, and revolution in 1970s New York and Italy.
fiction | 432 pages | Published in 2014
Quotes
It was as if I'd been written into existence as a character who didn't know she was in a novel.
The thing about truth is, it's known before it's said.
Racing bikes is like a mobile chess game. It's all about positioning.
I had a longing for real life, where limits were clear, and the future seemed preordained.
She looked like someone who bought a lot of art books but didn't read them.
It was the kind of place that made you want to get lost.
My bike was a machine for escaping the weight of things, and I was nothing without it.
I couldn't tell where the city ended and I began.
The feeling of being on the edge of something is familiar to me.
The sun was setting over the city, and the sky was a cool, luminous gray.





