Best+Quotes

"Stupid dreams. Even the good ones are bad, because they remind you how poorly reality measures up."

"Sure, I can talk like you, but I choose not to, It's like an art, you know? Picasso had to prove to the world he could paint the right way, before he goes putting both eyes on the side of a face... See if you paint wrong because that's the best you can do, you just a chump. But you do it because you want to? Then you're an artist...You can take that to the grave and dig it up when you need it."

"...One thing you learn when you've lived as long as I have-people aren't all good, and people aren't all bad. We move in and out of darkness and light all of our lives. Right now, I'm pleased to be in the light."

"In a perfect world everything would be either black or white, right or wrong, and everyone would know the difference. But this isn't a perfect world. The problem is people who think it is."

"Nice socks."

"You can't change laws without first changing human nature.'

"Small victories are bet­ter than none."

"I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless."

"You see, a conflict always begins with an issue - a difference of opinion, an argument. But by the time it turns into a war, the issue doesn't matter anymore, because now it's about one thing and one thing only: how much each side hates the other."

"Unwinds didn't go out with a bang-they didn't even go out with a whimper. they went out with the silence of a candle flame pinched between two fingers."

"You...you lost your faith?" No...just my convictions. I still very much believe in God- just not a god who condones human tithing." Lev begins to feel himself choking up with an unexpected flood of feeling, all the emotions that had been building up throughout their talk- throughout the weeks- arriving all at once like a sonic boom. "I never knew there was a choice."

What do you think, Connor?" asks Hayden. "What hap­pens to your soul when you get unwound?" Who says I even got one?" For the sake of argument, let's say you do." Who says I want an argument?"

"It's funny how a flame can only burn your hand if you move too slow, you can tease it all you want and it never gets you, if your quick enough."

"Fight, flight, and screw up royaly."

"The good thing about being explosive is that no one can beat you."

"Would you rather die, or be unwound?"

<span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">"His life has been like a ballpark, hasn't it? All lines, structure, and rules, never changing. But now he's been hit over the wall into unknown territory."

<span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">"I'm alone. And I'm crying. And no one is coming to the crib. And the nightlight has burned out. And I'm mad. I'm so mad. Left frontal lobe. I...I...I don't feel so good. Left occipital lobe. I... don't remember where...Left parietal lobe. I...I...I can't remember my name,but...but...Right temporal...but I'm still here. Right frontal. I'm still here... Right occipital.I'm still...Right parietal. I'm...Cerebellum. I'm...Thalamus. I...Hypothalamus. I...Hippocampus...Medulla........................"

<span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">"They meet in the girls' bathroom. The last time they were forced to meet in a place like this, they took separate, isolated stalls. Now they share one. They hold each other in the tight space, making no excuses for it. There's no time left in their lives for games, or for awkwardness, or for pretending they don't care about each others, and so they kiss as if they've done it forever. As if it is as crucial as the need for oxygen."

<span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">"Already Roland feels his limbs starting to go numb. He swallows hard. "I hate this. I hate you. I hate all of you." "I understand."

<span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">"It holds no fear for her now, because the shark has been tamed by the soul of a boy. No--the soul of a man."

<span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">"Maybe, maybe not. One thing you learn when you've lived as long as I have-people aren't all good, and people aren't all bad. We move in and out of darkness and light all our lives. Right now, I'm pleased to be in the light"

<span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">"He does not deserve this. He has done many things, not all good, but he does not deserve this. And he never did get his priest."

<span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">"And he thinks that if his soul had a form, this is what it would be. A baby sleeping in his arms."