Terry Bisson Quotes & Sayings

This woman was truly what he wanted, and therefore he was truly afraid for the first time. — Terry Bisson

Sometimes missing things was the next best thing to having them. — Terry Bisson

Through the door came a being of intense vivacity, impeccable sartorial integrity, and intermittent intelligibility. — Terry Bisson

He raised his sunglasses and saw a young woman in an impossibly brief dress with an improbably welcoming smile — Terry Bisson

I was very aware that the army was here to kill something hiding out (and I think the other black folks felt this as well) not only on the mountain, but inside my heart as well. — Terry Bisson

Fire on the mountain," the granny woman said. "They up there sharpening they swords." Then she said that word again: freedom. — Terry Bisson

The present, due to its staggering complexities, is almost as conjectural as the past." - George Jackson "Dawn also has its terrors." - Victor Hugo "America is our country, more than it is the whites' ... we have enriched it with our blood and tears." - David Walker "My love to all who love their neighbors." - John Brown — Terry Bisson

Oh, Brown was our lion and Tubman our fox, great-grandson! — Terry Bisson

I thought you just told me they used radio.
They do, but what do you think is on the radio? Meat sounds. You know how when you slap or flap meat, it makes a noise? They talk by flapping their meat at each other. They can even sing by squirting air through their meat. — Terry Bisson

Identity lies not in our genes, but in the connections between our brain cells. — Terry Bisson

Imagine how unbearably, how unutterably cold the Universe would be if one were all alone ... — Terry Bisson