22 quotes found
Writer · American · 1955
American writer (born 1955)
“We do crazy shit because we're broken.”
“I don't think you feel much of anything anymore.”
“There is no wrong way to perform an act of kindness.”
“I have a number of questions. If I had half as many answers, Id be in great shape.”
“I have a number of questions. If I had half as many answers, I’d be in great shape.”
“This is what we do. We do crazy shit because we're broken. That's who we are. That's what we do.”
“I decided that not talking is like a litmus test for a real friend. You can just sit there and be. Not always be filling up the air with words”
“The most important thing I can add from my own observations is this: Knowing it started from unremarkable circumstances should be a comfort to us all. Because it proves that you don't need much to ...”
“If you want to see a man come to his senses, try something like, Do you happen to carry a rubber in your wallet? Did I mention I'm not on the pill?”
“Its just words. How can words be dangerous?You have a lot to learn about the world, baby girl. Nothing is more dangerous than words.Thats stupid. What about a gun? A gun can kill you dead.Only your...”
“I felt the kiss still there on my forehead. Literally. It was frozen there. I could still feel it. I wanted to bronze it, like people do with baby shoes. I wanted to mount it and hang it over my ma...”
“Since we all know for a fact that we're all going to die, why don't we all treat each other like we could lose each other at any minute?”
“[Grace talking to Billy.] "It's like people who want to feel only happy but not sad," she said. "It never works. You either feel things or you don't. You don't get to pick and choose. At least, I d...”
“... even though it was beautiful and comfortable, and even though it was the world, it was also a little bit boring. No, wait. Maybe boring isnt the right word. Whats the word Im wanting here? Lone...”
“[Rayleen talking to Billy.] "Grace is thriving here, and I dare anybody to challenge that. Anybody who has a problem with that can come take it up with me.""Thank God," Billy said, "because I reall...”
“Ah, yes. That. The sin of being happy or excited. According to my father, we must guard carefully against such things. According to my father, these emotions are the equivalent of dancing on out fi...”
“And then, every time I didn't see her, there was a fall involved. I thought about dancing on the fifth-floor ledge outside out apartment. Every train she wasn't on felt something like hitting the p...”
“People die of love. Im one of the few wholl admit it. That doesnt mean it isnt true.Take all the people who died yesterday, or last week, or last year. Subtract all the suicides and the so-called a...”
“[There] was a time when a lot of people came to the door. The milkman. The iceman. The Fuller Brush man. Encyclopedia salesmen. There was a sense of interaction with the world that started right at...”
“I've been known to write 10 pages a day for 10 days running before I take a breath. I am not a disciplined writer. I'm one of those people who laughingly call themselves inspirational writers, whic...”
“It’s just words. How can words be dangerous?”“You have a lot to learn about the world, baby girl. Nothing is more dangerous than words.”“That’s stupid. What about a gun? A gun can kill you dead.”“O...”
