Jeremy Brookshire > Jeremy's Quotes

“I keep my thoughts to myself because silence cannot be misquoted.”
― Alice feeney, Beautiful Ugly

“You can plan forever but at some point you have to execute.”
― Jack Carr, The Terminal List

“You always know when it’s your first time, don’t you? But you rarely know when it’s your final time.”
― Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club

“It made me think about this thing I learned on Discovery Channel: "phantom limb syndrome." It's where people who've lost a limb continue to feel its sensations - the bone, the skin, even the pain. But then they look down, only to be reminded there's nothing there, and the sensations vanish. I figure losing a person might be similar. The brain gets so used to someone being around, it tells you they're still here, even when they're gone and never coming back. Phantom person syndrome.”
― Marcus Kliewer, The Caretaker

“The wonder is that you could start life with nothing, end with nothing, and lose so much in between.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead

“It’s safer knowing more about people than they know about you.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead

“fallen hero shatters into more sharp pieces than you’d believe.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead

“luck was the residue of preparation.”
― Jack Carr, True Believer

“What I am is the Indian who can’t die. I’m the worst dream America ever had.”
― Stephen Graham Jones, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter