Patrick > Patrick's Quotes

“He not busy being born is busy dying.”
― Bob Dylan

“Indeed he did, and we never cease wanting what we want, whether it’s good for us or not. Wouldn’t you say so, Mr. Streeter?”
― Stephen King, Full Dark, No Stars

“I thought I was in love (that's the pathetic part - my idea of being in love).”
― Mary Ann Shaffer, As Alive, So Dead: Investigating the Paranormal

“Just because someone desires you, it does not mean they value you.

Read it over.

Again

And let those words resonate in your mind.”
― Nayyirah Waheed

“If it weren't for music, I would think that love is mortal.”
― Mark Helprin, A Soldier of the Great War

“As long as you have life and breath, believe. Believe for those who cannot. Believe even if you have stopped believing. Believe for the sake of the dead, for love, to keep your heart beating, believe. Never give up, never despair, let no mystery confound you into the conclusion that mystery cannot be yours.”
― Mark Helprin, A Soldier of the Great War

“What Ryan had learned from this is that your failures keep returning to you, while your successes are something you always have to convince yourself of.”
― Rachel Cusk, Outline

“Humans. For the most part, you are dull and blundering. But occasionally, you can be remarkably bright creatures.”
― Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

“She would invent little tiny radios the size of a green pea that people could carry around and stick in their ears.”
― Carson McCullers, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

“Grandma Judy has beautiful old-lady handwriting, the letters all connected and slanting in the same direction. To Grace it is a marvel, a lovely but useless talent like churning butter or riding sidesaddle—”
― Jennifer Haigh, Rabbit Moon: A Novel