23 quotes found
“Disbelief is easy, Kane. Its faith that takes courage, and character.”
“Disbelief is easy, Kane. It’s faith that takes courage, and character.”
“Is she dead?" called Zenda.Sort of," I shouted, "And the pizza's completely fucked too.”
“You have to accept gifts occasionally, because there are some things you cant give yourself”
“You have to accept gifts occasionally, because there are some things you can’t give yourself”
“I guess, like some guy once said, if triangles invented a god, the chances are high it would have three sides.”
“I once met a woman who'd been in therapy... and it seemed like the big thing she'd learned was to ignore everything she thought in the first hour of the day. That's when the negative stuff will try...”
“How many times have you tried to talk to someone about something that matters to you, tried to get them to see it the way you do? And how many of those times have ended with you feeling bitter, res...”
“I shut my eyes, turned away for a moment, and it came: a shiver of finality like the one when you decide, in your own mind, that youre going to have to tell someone who loves you that you dont want...”
“When you let it get personal, the cost becomes personal too. Youre opening your own heart here. You sure you want to do that?Id do it for free. For the bullshit you are, and have always been.Disbel...”
“There are times when life seems like a struggle where the only reward you get for hanging on is the chance to struggle some more.”
“Cross-legged on the floor, you drink, hoping each mouthful will hurt; occasional flurries of spastic movement as you try to work out what to do with your hands. When everyone else is gone, your wor...”
“I caught one last glimpse of her face, howling something at me.There were too many vowels in what she said, and they were in an unkind order. ("Substitutions")”
“Hey presto: time travel. You don't need a time machine, it turns out, you just need a friend to laugh like a teenager. Chronology shivers.”
“You love because you want to need someone the way you did when you were a child, and have them need you too. You eat well because the intensity of taste reminds you of a need satisfied, a pain reli...”
“and only when that happens do you realise just how much silence there really is. Silence between lovers, when something really needs to be said; silence from a parent when a child needs some word m...”
“Storyboarded by the West Coasts finest, the ceiling celebrated the exploits of that most durable of action heroesGod.”
“I wash with the can of water I set aside the night before, and eat whatever I put next to it. The washing is not strictly necessary but, again, I have always found it a good way to greet the day. Y...”
“When you're born a light is switched on, a light which shines up through your life. As you get older the light still reaches you, sparkling as it comes up through your memories. And if you're lucky...”
“When youre a child the world forbears you, allows you your flights of imagination, your feelings of specialness. But sooner or later the privileges are withdrawn, and all youre left with is a stunn...”
“When you let it get personal, the cost becomes personal too. You’re opening your own heart here. You sure you want to do that?”“I’d do it for free. For the bullshit you are, and have always been.”“...”
