N. Jr. > N.'s Quotes

“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
― Allen Saunders

“The trouble with life is that we lead it forwards and understand it backwards.”
― N. Lombardi Jr.

“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I'll never know.”
― Groucho Marx

“The truth is really an ambition which is beyond us”
― Peter Ustinov

“Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.”
― Thomas Szasz

“The war should stop,” Andrew declared to him, thinking he had
finally found a willing ear to sympathize with his dilemma. ‘There’s
so much suffering going on. It is madness. I ask you, as a holy man,
if there is a Supreme Being, why doesn’t he step in and end it?”
“Do the fish see the water?”
“The fish…see water?”
“Do the worms in the dung heap see the dung they borrow
through? Does humanity see the world? You, my son, are but a thin
thread, interwoven with many threads of all colors, but you cannot
see the tapestry of which you are a part. You are only one note in a
song that you cannot hear. Suffering, is the world, and the world is
the same as suffering.”
― N. Lombardi Jr., The Plain of Jars

“I gave you a few laughs and showed you a good time, but there was no future with me. So although it was fun while it lasted, you made up your mind to choose the stability and security a rich man can offer.”
She shook her head. “No.”
“No?”
“If you look in your heart, you know that’s not true.”
“So, what is it then, he went into a jealous rage and he threatened
you?”
“Yes.”
“With your life?”
“No.”
“Well then...”
“With yours.”
― N. Lombardi Jr., Journey Towards a Falling Sun

“Just because you may live your life in recovery, surely doesn't mean the PARTY IS OVER, Nope!, it just means you can remember what you DID LAST NIGHT!".LOL”
― Catherine Townsend-Lyon, Addicted to Dimes

“An authors publication date never matters, a book not read yet will always be New"...”
― Author Catherine Lyon a

“All of you combat vets have possessed courage on the battlefield. I don’t mean the heroic romantic version, just the plain vanilla courage of trying to stay alive. Don’t leave that courage behind because you’re going to need it to truly come back home.”
Tessa Thorpe, veterans counselor”
― N. Lombardi Jr., Justice Gone

“But, and I think we can all agree, it’s where few men have gone before, into the bowels of humanity.”
Jay Felson, US Marine, commenting on war”
― N. Lombardi Jr., Justice Gone

“When I was young, we were made to pledge allegiance, an oath that ended with the phrase, ‘with liberty and justice for all.’ Well, Jay Felson was denied liberty…let us make sure he is NOT DENIED JUSTICE!”
Tessa Thorpe, veterans counselor”
― N. Lombardi Jr., Justice Gone

“Didn’t we meet last year at the meeting of the New Jersey Bar Association?” Bodine asked, as his daughter collected their papers and put them in their briefcase.
“Yes, I believe we did.”
“Thought so. I never forget a voice.”
That comment threw Fiske off-center for a moment. “I just wanted to, well, shake hands so to speak, before we come out fighting.”
“Is your hand out there in the air, waiting for mine? Cause if it is, you can put it back wherever you had it. I don’t shake hands these days. And while you’re at it, you can remove that smug smile off your face. I don’t have to see it, I can tell by your tone. You’ve already pissed me off, and this is just the arraignment. So I’m not exactly in a gentlemanly mood. And if you try to set up my client by having him mingle with the others, there’ll be hell to pay. Getting my drift, son?”
Fighting words for sure, but the word that provoked Fiske the most was the condescending “son,” just as Bodine had figured it would. “Is that a threat, Mr. Bodine?”
Emily tugged at her father’s arm with the covert message that he quit this repartee. He turned to leave, but not before saying, “No, Mr. Fiske, just a consequence.”
Nathaniel Bodine, blind lawyer”
― N. Lombardi Jr., Justice Gone

“He watched it on the TV. Everyone watches TV.”
Bodine directed his face to Ryan’s, knowing exactly where the witness box was, his black glasses reflecting the ceiling lights above. “I don’t,” he said with a deadpan face.
Nathaniel Bodine, blind lawyer”
― N. Lombardi Jr., Justice Gone