Tim Baer > Tim's Quotes

“Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.”
― Neil Armstrong

“I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You

“He had not been invited to the discussion, but invitations were not Ben's strong point.”
― Tim Baer, Sherpa Holmes

“I be here for the tellin' to be ensurin' that the tellin' be true. The truth mus' be told an' I be here to attest that the tale be true, an' pure as the night.”
― Tim Baer, Things that Go Bump in the Night

“I be one o' the beasties what goes bump in the night!”
― Tim Baer, Things that Go Bump in the Night

“It must be teddy magic.”
― Tim Baer, Toys in the Attic

“You know what the greatest tragedy is in the whole world?” said Ginger, not paying him the least attention. “It’s all the people who never find out what it is they really want to do or what it is they’re really good at. It’s all the sons who become blacksmiths because their fathers were blacksmiths. It’s all the people who could be really fantastic flute players who grow old and die without ever seeing a musical instrument, so they become bad plowmen instead. It’s all the people with talents who never even find out. Maybe they are never even born in a time when it’s even possible to find out.”
― Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures

“The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door, the scream of fire engines, or the realization that today is the Monday which on Friday night was a comfortably long way off. A dog’s wet nose is not strictly speaking the worst of the bunch, but it has its own peculiar dreadfulness which connoisseurs of the ghastly and dog owners everywhere have come to know and dread. It’s like having a small piece of defrosting liver pressed lovingly against you.”
― Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures

“Victor’s foot kicked against something which bounced away into the darkness. “What was it?” he quavered. Gaspode snuffled off into the darkness, and returned. “Don’t worry about it,” he said. “Oh?” “It’s just a skull.” “Whose?” “He dint say,” said Gaspode.”
― Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures

“For to know a man's library is, in some measure, to know his mind.”
― Geraldine Brooks, March

“His young wife—thirty years his junior—ran toward him with open arms. Rather than simply embracing him, she leaped onto him, wrapped all four limbs around him like a squid, and clung.”
― Daniel Arenson, Gods & Dragons: 8 Fantasy Novels

“The first rays of the sun peeked up over the horizon and licked the village. "Fire," said Gein in an excited whisper.”
― Tim Baer, Sherpa Holmes

“People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy.”
― Joss Whedon

“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”
― Jack London

“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”
― Thomas Mann, Essays of Three Decades

“They said that dying was just like going to sleep, although of course if you weren’t careful bits of you could rot and drop off.”
― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

“It is the ancient instinct of terriers and policemen to chase anything that runs away.”
― Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay

“Actually, offense is a sign of fear. If you’re offended, it’s because you’re afraid that person can harm you in some way.”
― Gloria Copeland, Limitless Love: A 365-Day Devotional