John Crowley

Quotes

• “He knew there must be a Ring, and he patted his pocket where he had it; he thought there should be a Best Man, though when he wrote so to Daily Alice she wrote that they didn’t believe in that; and as for Rehearsals, she said when he mentioned them, “Don’t you want it to be a surprise?””

• “Love is a myth”, Grandfather Trout said. “Like summer.” / “What?” / “In winter,” Grandfather Trout said, “summer is a myth. A report, a rumor. Not to be believed in. Get it? Love is a myth. So is summer.”

• “Lately Marge’s memory had grown weak, which is to say that it no longer contained the past time on deposit there, it was not strong enough to keep shut up the moments, the mornings and evenings, of her long life, its seals broke, and her memories ran together mingling, indistinguishable from the present. Her memory had grown incontinent with age.”

• “Prosper Olander had never been in a cathedral, but now he felt something like that, the experience of entering suddenly a space so large, so devoted to a single purpose, that the insides of the heart are drawn for a moment outward and into it, trying to fill it, and failing.”

Books by John Crowley in order

Books by John Crowley in the order they were published, from The Deep (1975) to Atlas Of The Great Irish Famine 184552 (2012).

1. 1The DeepThe Deep1975
2. 2BeastsBeasts1976
3. 3Catering BingoCatering Bingo1976
4. 4Engine SummerEngine Summer1979
5. 5Little, BigLittle, Big1981
6. 6AegyptAegypt1987
7. 7NoveltyNovelty1989
8. 8Interenergy Competition in Natural Gas Price FormationInterenergy Competition in Natural Gas Price Formation1990
9. 9Great Work of the TimeGreat Work of the Time1991
10. 10AntiquitiesAntiquities1993
11. 11Love & SleepLove & Sleep1994
12. 12L0ve and SleepL0ve and Sleep1995
13. 13DaemonomaniaDaemonomania2000
14. 14Handbook of Statistics in Clinical OncologyHandbook of Statistics in Clinical Oncology2001
15. 15The TranslatorThe Translator2002
16. 16Novelties & SouvenirsNovelties & Souvenirs2004
17. 17Lord Byron's NovelLord Byron's Novel2005
18. 18The Girlhood of Shakespeare's HeroinesThe Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines2005
19. 19Endless ThingsEndless Things2007
20. 20In Other WordsIn Other Words2007
21. 21The SolitudesThe Solitudes2007
22. 22Conversation HeartsConversation Hearts2008
23. 23Four FreedomsFour Freedoms2009
24. 24Atlas Of The Great Irish Famine 184552Atlas Of The Great Irish Famine 1845522012