Todd > Todd's Quotes

“We never see other people anyway, only the monsters we make of them.”
― Colson Whitehead, Zone One

“The man who is a bigot,
is the worst thing God has got,
except his match, his woman,
who really is Ms. Begot.”
― Maya Angelou, I Shall Not Be Moved

“To be well loved is to be free of the evil lurking around the next darkened corner. Every child should know that feeling.”
― Rodney Crowell, Chinaberry Sidewalks

“Girls have all the same parts, basically, and so much of how they look depends on the attitude, expectations, and obsessions of those who are looking at them.”
― Frank Portman, King Dork

“I was starting to realize the extent of the problem here: everyone is always lying to each other, and even when they're trying to tell the truth, it can still be misleading or wrong. In fact, it almost always is wrong from at least one angle. I mean, the truth is really just a better class of lie.”
― Frank Portman, King Dork

“No one does antimaterialism better than multigazillionaire rock stars.”
― Frank Portman, King Dork

“I felt bad, but I did it anyway, because I'm only human. I was ashamed of myself and depressed afterward, though, which is human, too, I guess. Being human is an excuse for just about everything, but it also kind of sucks in a way.”
― Frank Portman, King Dork

“You can make something mean anything you want. And you can spend a great deal of time and effort choosing your words and allusions and quotations carefully and hardly anyone will even notice or get it anyway.”
― Frank Portman, King Dork

“Fat Kid Proverb #12: A clear choice is still worth agonizing over.”
― K.L. Going, Fat Kid Rules the World

“High School is the penalty for transgressions yet to be specified.”
― Frank Portman, King Dork

“When you're fat, people naturally assume you aren't committed. They think you're not disciplined because if you were disciplined you wouldn't let yourself get fat. A + B = C.”
― K.L. Going

“Fat Kid Proverb #52: Never miss an opportunity to dissect a compliment.”
― K.L. Going, Fat Kid Rules the World

“What a slut time is. She screws everybody.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“Never use hope to hurt someone.”
― Paul Acampora, Defining Dulcie

“Shelving books incorrectly is as good as stealing them. It's almost worse.”
― Paul Acampora, I Kill the Mockingbird

“We are all broken, but sometimes the jagged pieces fit together nicely.”
― Paul Acampora, I Kill the Mockingbird

“Mom points at the gravesites all around us. "We all die, Lucy. Me. You. Everybody. But you know what we do first?"
I shake my head.
"We pretend that it's not going to happen. We make believe that we're never going to die. do you know what that's called?"
"Lying?" I say.
"Living, Lucy. It's called living...”
― Paul Acampora, I Kill the Mockingbird

“If you fall out of an airplane without a parachute, go ahead and enjoy the view.”
― Paul Acampora, Baseball Crazy: Ten Short Stories that Cover All the Bases

“He laughed. "That's funny, 'I don't have any fire.' Everybody's got fire, kiddo. It's just a matter of finding the match that sparks it.”
― Charles R. Smith Jr., Baseball Crazy: Ten Short Stories that Cover All the Bases

“The world's a big place. You can't do or be everything, nor should you. Life is bigger than any one man. But when you read about other people's lives, when you read their stories, you catch a glimpse of a world bigger than your own. You may never travel a hundred miles from where you were born, but if you read stories, you'll get to see the entire world.”
― The Waiter (Steve Dublanica), Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter

“People say you have to travel to see the world. Sometimes I think that if you just stay in one place and keep your eyes open, you're going to see just about all that you can handle. ”
― Steve Dublanica, Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter

“If you read stories, you get to see the entire world. And not just the stories you find in books and film, but the stories of strangers sitting next to you on the subway or in an ordinary restaurant. You can find the world in your own story, too - you just have to keep your eyes open.”
― Steve Dublanica, Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter

“You may be the strongest and survive—only to win a life not fit for living.”
― Steve Dublanica, Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter

“Hell is—other people!”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit

“And Sartre? I chuckle to myself. He was only half right. Heaven can be other people, too.”
― Steve Dublanica, Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter

“Whoever you are, you're plenty.”
― Kirstin Cronn-Mills, Beautiful Music for Ugly Children

“That's what bites about the future -- there's no way to predict it. You just have to show up and see what happens.”
― Kirstin Cronn-Mills, Beautiful Music for Ugly Children

“I'm analog, Wall of Sound, old school to the core, and it's time to let my B side play.”
― Kirstin Cronn-Mills, Beautiful Music for Ugly Children

“Monty Python: A documentary series on everyday life in Great Britain.”
― Frank Portman, King Dork

“1975 was a great year for rock and roll, and don’t believe anyone who tells you different.”
― Frank Portman, King Dork