# Quote — Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

> And we will be ready, at the end of every day will be ready, will not say no to anything, will try to stay awake while everyone is sleeping, will not sleep, will make the shoes with the elves, will breathe deeply all the time, breathe in all the air full of glass and nails and blood, will breathe it and drink it, so rich, so when it comes we will not be angry, will be content, tired enough to go, gratefully, will shake hands with everyone, bye, bye, and then pack a bag, some snacks, and go to the volcano.

- Author: [Dave Eggers](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dave-eggers.md)
- Book: [A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dave-eggers/a-heartbreaking-work-of-staggering-genius.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dave_Eggers#A_Heartbreaking_Work_Of_Staggering_Genius_(2000)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/dave-eggers/a-heartbreaking-work-of-staggering-genius/and-we-will

## More from this book

> . . . I’ll raise my arms and give you my chest and throat and wait, and I’ve been so old for so long for you, for you, I want it fast and right through me— Oh do it, do it you motherfuckers do it you fuckers finally, finally, finally.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dave-eggers/a-heartbreaking-work-of-staggering-genius/ill-raise-my-arms.md)

> First of all:
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> I am tired.
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> I am true of heart!
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> And also:
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> You are tired.
>
> You are true of heart!

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dave-eggers/a-heartbreaking-work-of-staggering-genius/first-of-all.md)

> ‘Listen John—’
>
> ‘Who’s John?’
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> ‘You’re John.’
>
> ‘I’m John?’
>
> ‘Yeah, I changed your name.’

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dave-eggers/a-heartbreaking-work-of-staggering-genius/listen-john-whos.md)