“If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.”
― John Grisham, quote from The Testament
“Shame was an emotion he had abandoned years earlier. Addicts know no shame. You disgrace yourself so many times you become immune to it.”
― John Grisham, quote from The Testament
“When witnesses concoct lies, they often miss the obvious.”
― John Grisham, quote from The Testament
“In one long glorious acknowledgment of failure, he laid himself bare before God.”
― John Grisham, quote from The Testament
“Four rehabs meant a fifth was somewhere down the road.”
― John Grisham, quote from The Testament
“He'd had his career, his triumphs. Success had brought him nothing but misery; he couldn't handle it. Success had thrown him in the gutter”
― John Grisham, quote from The Testament
“It wouldn't pay to get fresh with a missionary.”
― John Grisham, quote from The Testament
“I believe in God,” he said, truthfully but weakly. “It’s easy to say that,” she said, her words still slow and soft. “And I don’t doubt you. But saying is one thing, living is another matter.”
― John Grisham, quote from The Testament
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“DO I DETECT A NOTE OF UNSEASONAL GRUMPINESS? said Death. NO SUGAR PIGGYWIGGY FOR YOU, ALBERT.”
― Terry Pratchett, quote from Hogfather
“I still get nightmares. In fact, I get them so often I should be used to them by now. I'm not. No one ever really gets used to nightmares.”
― Mark Z. Danielewski, quote from House of Leaves
“El hecho de que en la más poderosa democracia del mundo haya tantos jóvenes y bien alimentados espectadores de televisión que muestren tan completa indiferencia por la idea de gobernarse a sí mismos y sientan tan poco interés por la libertad de pensamiento y el derecho a disentir es aflictivo, pero no muy sorprendente. Decimos “libre como un pájaro” y envidiamos a los alados seres su poder de moverse sin restricción alguna en las tres dimensiones. Pero, ay, nos olvidamos del dido. Todo pájaro que aprenda a organizarse una buena vida sin necesidad de usar sus alas pronto renunciará al privilegio del vuelo y permanecerá por siempre en tierra. Algo parecido pasa con los seres humanos.”
― Aldous Huxley, quote from Brave New World / Brave New World Revisited
“Come to a book as you would come to an unexplored land. Come without a map. Explore it, and draw your own map.... A book is like a pump. It gives nothing unless first you give to it. ”
― Stephen King, quote from Hearts in Atlantis
“Blow the candle out, I don't need to see what my thoughts look like.”
― Émile Zola, quote from Germinal
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