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The Overstory: A Novel
“The best arguments in the world won’t change a person’s mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story.”
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
There are only ancient prophecies that scry the seeds of time and say which will grow and which will not.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
the sky is so stupid with blue that it looks like it was slathered on by a primary-schooler with finger paints.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
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Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
The universe is a banyan, its roots above and branches below.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
THE PROSECUTION shows photos from the scene of one of the man’s alleged crimes—a bit of graffiti on a charred wall. The first letters of each line sprout tendrils and vines, like the capitals of an illuminated manuscript: CONTROL KILLS CONNECTION HEALS COME HOME OR DIE
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
To be human is to confuse a satisfying story with a meaningful one,
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
Each of them knows innumerable minute, local truths.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
Mimi’s frequent flier account turns platinum by May. They send her to Korea. They send her to Brazil. She learns Portuguese. She learns that people of all races, colors, and creeds have unlimited hunger for custom ceramic molding.