Joe Quotes

“People react to fear, not love. They don’t teach you that in Sunday School, but it’s true. –Richard Nixon”
― H.D. Gordon, Joe

“Survival of the fittest, motherfucker.”
― H.D. Gordon, Joe

“No one wants to watch the beast as it slowly approaches, its glistening jaws snapping and its head lowered and stomach growling.”
― H.D. Gordon, Joe

“As children we have no trouble adopting the extraordinary into our world.”
― H.D. Gordon, Joe

“Evil is not just a thing of fairytales. Evil is real and it walks among us. Evil is jealousy and hate and fear and fire.”
― H.D. Gordon, Joe

“that which we cannot understand, we fear.”
― H.D. Gordon, Joe

“When you become aware of people’s natural inclinations and limitations, you can understand them, and if you don’t expect from them what their nature doesn't give, you'll never be disappointed.”
― H.D. Gordon, Joe

“Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. –Susan Ertz”
― H.D. Gordon, Joe

“No one wants to think about the very real fact that we could die at any time, that our lives are so fragile as to be susceptible to such an ugly truth. That some regular old day, any day, say, Sunday (just for an example) could be our last day in this world. But every day is someone’s last, isn’t it? Just as every day is someone’s first. And by the grace of God, most of us don’t expect it. The tough, salty taste that is life is made just a touch sweeter in this way. Just a touch.”
― H.D. Gordon, Joe

“It’s always easier to pick up the pieces as a knee-jerk reaction, as something blindsides us, when we don’t see it coming over the horizon. That is how life was supposed to work. No one wants to watch the beast as it slowly approaches, its glistening jaws snapping and its head lowered and stomach growling. Most of us know this. We know that when things happen—and things do happen—they come from nowhere. At least from nowhere our eyes can see. But we ignore this hard fact of life. Which is fine. Which is good. Which is right.”
― H.D. Gordon, Joe

“But that’s life, baby, and that shit ain’t always fair.”
― H.D. Gordon, Joe

“It was because there was a certain amount of faith one must have to be able to get along in this world, maybe in any world. You had to have faith that the food you bought, the water that poured so easily and thoughtlessly from your faucets, the home you built around you was, well, good. The chicken breast you picked up at the supermarket would not poison you. The water from the magical faucets would not kill you. The walls and floors and ceilings you called home would not suddenly collapse in on you and become a prison of your doom. When you flicked a switch, the light would come on. When you arose in the morning, the sun will have risen with you. Faith.”
― H.D. Gordon, Joe

“No one plans on dying, you see.”
― H.D. Gordon, Joe