Quotes from Just Don't Fall: How I Grew Up, Conquered Illness, and Made It Down the Mountain

Josh Sundquist ·  322 pages

Rating: (1.4K votes)


“People who stop laughing are always the ones who get hurt.”
― Josh Sundquist, quote from Just Don't Fall: How I Grew Up, Conquered Illness, and Made It Down the Mountain


“I kiss [her] even though I know that if you kiss a girl before you are married to her you might get AIDS.”
― Josh Sundquist, quote from Just Don't Fall: How I Grew Up, Conquered Illness, and Made It Down the Mountain


“In other words, there are times when telling an outright lie may be the most loving thing a person can do. So I smile. As if I’ve just realized for the first time, thanks to your insight, Dad, that my race today was fantastic. As if I am proud of my thirty-fourth-place”
― Josh Sundquist, quote from Just Don't Fall: How I Grew Up, Conquered Illness, and Made It Down the Mountain


“finish. As if I am satisfied with my performance. As if”
― Josh Sundquist, quote from Just Don't Fall: How I Grew Up, Conquered Illness, and Made It Down the Mountain


About the author

Josh Sundquist
See more on GoodReads

Popular quotes

“He nods solemnly and repeats the stock response of the Housing Committee whenever they address the perpetual shortage of apartments in Leningrad. “Privacy is a conceit of degenerate societies.”
― Debra Dean, quote from The Madonnas of Leningrad


“Bleeding in three places, I watched her go, glad she knew I’d rather have retribution than comfort.”
― Melissa Albert, quote from The Hazel Wood


“What they all share is fear. And youth. And their religion. Lale tries to keep his mind off theorising about what might lie ahead. He has been told he is being taken to work for the Germans, and that is what he is planning to do. He thinks of his family back home. 'Safe'. He has made the sacrifice, has no regrets. He would make it again and again to keep his beloved family at home, together.”
― Heather Morris, quote from The Tattooist of Auschwitz


“It's strange how many ways there are to miss someone. You miss the things they did and who they were, but you also miss who you were to them. The way everything you said and did was beautiful or entertaining or important. How much you mattered.”
― Robin Roe, quote from A List of Cages


“This is what I’ve been looking for. This is what was missing: my little bean, and the man who loves all of me. The man who loves every single atom in my body.”
― Amanda Richardson, quote from The Realm of You: A Novel


Interesting books

War
(16.8K)
War
by Sebastian Junger
So Silver Bright
(2.2K)
So Silver Bright
by Lisa Mantchev
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
(13K)
Carry On, Mr. Bowdit...
by Jean Lee Latham
Through a Glass Darkly
(9.8K)
Through a Glass Dark...
by Karleen Koen
Firesong
(9.1K)
Firesong
by William Nicholson
For Women Only: What You Need to Know about the Inner Lives of Men
(20.9K)
For Women Only: What...
by Shaunti Feldhahn

About BookQuoters

BookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, memorable and interesting quotes from great books. As the world communicates more and more via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become more relevant and important. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a philosophy by which we live. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a book and to carry with us the author’s best ideas.

We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, and choose the ones that are most thought-provoking. Each quote represents a book that is interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life. We also accept submissions from our visitors and will select the quotes we feel are most appealing to the BookQuoters community.

Founded in 2023, BookQuoters has quickly become a large and vibrant community of people who share an affinity for books. Books are seen by some as a throwback to a previous world; conversely, gleaning the main ideas of a book via a quote or a quick summary is typical of the Information Age but is a habit disdained by some diehard readers. We feel that we have the best of both worlds at BookQuoters; we read books cover-to-cover but offer you some of the highlights. We hope you’ll join us.