Tom Evans > Tom's Quotes

“A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.”
― Henry Miller, The Books in My Life

“A man follows the path laid out for him. He does his duty to God and his King. He does what he must do, not what pleases him. God's truth, boy, what kind of world would this be if every man did what pleased him alone? Who would plough the fields and reap the harvest, if every man had the right to say, 'I don't want to do that.' In this world there is a place for every man, but every man must know his place.”
― Wilbur Smith, Monsoon

“Write like no one's going to read it !”
― Tom Evans, Flavours Of Thought

“Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.”
― Carl Sandburg

“Choose a life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers... Choose DSY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit crushing game shows, stucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away in the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself, choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that?”
― Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting

“Your mind is just like parachute ! if you don't open it, it won't work !”
― Tom Evans, When Kids Could Play Outside

“Your mind is just like a parachute ! if you don't open it, it won't work !”
― Tom Evans, When Kids Could Play Outside

“Life is just packed full of memories, the more memories you create, the richer your life becomes !

J Moulds”
― Tom Evans, When Kids Could Play Outside

“Nothing on earth can make up for the loss of one who has loved you.”
― Selma Lagerlöf

“Before you act, listen.
Before you read, think.
Before you spend, earn.
Before you criticize, wait.
Before you pray, forgive.
Before you quit, try.”
― Ernst Hemmingway

“It doesn't matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books.”
― Jo Walton, Among Others