16 quotes found
“A Prayer was like a tickle.Sooner or later God would have to look down to see what was tickling his bum.”
“Stories have a job to do. They can't just lie around like lazybone dogs. They have to teach you something.”
“Dreams are nervy thingsall it takes is for one stern word to be spoken in their direction and they shrivel up and die. ”
“Dreams are nervy things—all it takes is for one stern word to be spoken in their direction and they shrivel up and die.”
“As we watched the soldiers and the Rambo disappear I remember feeling preternaturally calm. This is what deep, deep fear does to you. It turns you into a state of unfeeling.”
“Now listen. Faith is like oxygen. It keeps you afloat at all times. Sometimes you need it. Sometimes you dont. but when you do need it you better be practiced at having faith, otherwise it wont wor...”
“For six days I didnt get up except to make a cup of tea, or fry an egg, or lie in the skinny bath gazing at a cracked ceiling. The days punished me with their slowness, piling up the hours on me, s...”
“I had found a new friend. The surprising thing is where Id found him not up a tree or sulking in the shade, or splashing around in one of the hill streams, but in a book. No one had told us kids t...”
“I could have run after him. I could have asked politely for some clarification. But I didnt I knew what I preferred, and that wasI didnt want to know. Rather, I wanted to believe.”
“I suppose it is possible to be all of these things. To sort of fall out of who you are into another, as well as to journey back to some essential sense of self. We only see what we see.He was whate...”
“Under these circumstances, silence among such a large group of people is an uncomfortable thing to experience. Guilt spreads around even to those who have nothing to feel guilty about. Many held th...”
“I had discovered that the plainest house can crown a fantasy or daydream. An open window can be tolerated. So can an open door. But I discovered the value of four walls and a roof. Something about ...”
“We were young. Everyone was young in those days. Thats the main complaint you hear from people who are getting old. You stop seeing young people. You begin to wonder if there are any left and wheth...”
“I had found a new friend. The surprising thing is where I’d found him – not up a tree or sulking in the shade, or splashing around in one of the hill streams, but in a book. No one had told us kids...”
“For six days I didn’t get up except to make a cup of tea, or fry an egg, or lie in the skinny bath gazing at a cracked ceiling. The days punished me with their slowness, piling up the hours on me, ...”
“We were young. Everyone was young in those days. That’s the main complaint you hear from people who are getting old. You stop seeing young people. You begin to wonder if there are any left and whet...”
