Tim Sandlin > Quotes

“Depression is like a headache or true love or any of those indefinable concepts. If you've never been there, you don't know what it's like until you're too far in to stop the process.”
― Tim Sandlin, Skipped Parts

“The worst things in life are the best things gone bad - Tim Sandlin”
― Tim Sandlin

“RC blinked a couple more times and admired the freckles on either side of [Honey's] nose. He would have enjoyed connecting them dot-to-dot with a felt-tip pen. In his fantasy, he would discover the meaning of life spread across her cheekbones.”
― Tim Sandlin, Honey Don't

“What makes people between the ages of eleven and fifteen such mean jerks? I’d rather be ninety-five than thirteen again.”
― Tim Sandlin, Skipped Parts

“Nobody takes a woman named Sugar or Pumpkin seriously, and that is exactly why so many West Texas crackers name their daughters after high-caloric food.”
― Tim Sandlin, Honey Don’t

“Any fool female can procreate. Cows have babies every spring, but cows can’t publish a book or plant a garden or sit in a porch swing and admire the sunset. That’s making something of your life. Having babies is like going to the bathroom. Sure, it’s natural, but it’s not worth bragging about.”
― Tim Sandlin, Lydia: A Novel

“One of the definitions of irony is when annoying people think they are punishing you by not talking.”
― Tim Sandlin, LIT

“* The weekend passed in two slots—bad dreams and awake. Awake was a bad dream come true, so I preferred the other kind.”
― Tim Sandlin, Sorrow Floats

“Do you believe love is a chemical reaction between two people?"

"At first it is. Then, theoretically, it grows into something more. Or dies.”
― Tim Sandlin, Honey Don't

“Here's the deal: 90 percent of the time, whatever you do will turn out to be a mistake, but that's still better than doing nothing, which is always a mistake.”
― Tim Sandlin