Dean MacAllister > Dean's Quotes

“A journey to nowhere also begins with a single step”
― chuck pahlaniuk

“Whenever someone who knows you disappears, you lose one version of yourself. Yourself as you were seen, as you were judged to be. Lover or enemy, mother or friend, those who know us construct us, and their several knowings slant the different facets of our characters like diamond-cutter's tools. Each such loss is a step leading to the grave, where all versions blend and end.”
― Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

“Until recently I always thought that 'Cat Boarding' was the way America tortured their felines.”
― Dean MacAllister

“This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.”
― Sid Ziff

“To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world. You are surrounded by adventure.”
― Freya Stark

“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.”
― Groucho Marx

“Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.”
― Isaac Asimov, Foundation

“I once tried to embrace my inner child, but it got me arrested for grooming.”
― Dean MacAllister

“I would never travel vicariously. Why let someone else have all the fun?”
― Dean MacAllister

“Cut open my sternum and pull my little ribs around you.”
― Purity Ring

“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

“Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.”
― Norman Mailer

“Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.”
― Richard P. Feynman

“In vino veritas”
― Pliny the Elder