Patrick > Patrick's Quotes

“Bad books on writing tell you to "WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW", a solemn and totally false adage that is the reason there exist so many mediocre novels about English professors contemplating adultery.”
― Joe Haldeman

“I’ve become skeptical of the unwritten rule that just because a boy and girl appear in the same feature, a romance must ensue. Rather, I want to portray a slightly different relationship, one where the two mutually inspire each other to live - if I’m able to, then perhaps I’ll be closer to portraying a true expression of love.”
― Hayao Miyazaki

“The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

“A good sign that an army has been around too long is that it starts getting top-heavy with officers.”
― Joe Haldeman

“Saul's vitals were not human, but familiar:
he never told me he was from another world:
I never told him I was from his future. ”
― Joe Haldeman

“Zoology, eh? That's a big word, isn't it."

"No, actually it isn't," said Tiffany. "Patronizing is a big word. Zoology is really quite short.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men

“Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges