The Doldrums Quotes

“Many people fear they might be crazy at some point in their lives, but it requires a healthy dose of sanity to think there's a chance you might be crazy. It's only when you think there is no chance whatsoever that you should be worries. Only you won't be worried because you'll be crazy.”
― Nicholas Gannon, The Doldrums

“If someone tells you they love turkey smothered with cranberry sauce, that they love it more than anything else in the world, you might spend the day roasting that someone a turkey and smothering it with cranberry sauce. If that same someone then takes one little bite and says, 'That'll be all, thank you,' you'll likely go red in the face and hurl both these turkeys our the nearest window because clearly, this person never loved turkey smothered with cranberry sauce in the first place.
Little bites are never enough when you love something. When you love something, you want it all. That's how it works. And that's how it was for Archer. Archer didn't want a little taste of adventure with a side of leftover discoveries. Archer wanted the whole turkey and he wanted it stuffed with enough salts and spices to turn his taste buds into sparklers.”
― Nicholas Gannon, The Doldrums

“It's a fact of life that we dream while we're asleep. Try as you may, such a thing cannot be avoided. It's when we wake up, however, that we see two types of people emerge. On the one hand are doers, and on the other are dreamers.
When doers wake up, that's it, their dreams are over, and in general, they're content with this. They wash their faces, brush their teeth, and go about their business hoping nothing strange or our of the ordinary will happen along the way. Doers don't do much original thinking and they don't do surprises and they won't ever do anything unexpected or anything someone hasn't already done before. But they are called doers, after all, so they must do something and they do. In fact, doers do the same something over and over and over again. This is called routine, and doers are very good at routine.
Dreamers are different.
When dreamers wake up, their dreams have only just begun. They wash their faces and brush their teeth and open the front door hoping everything strange and out of the ordinary is waiting for them. Dreamers like asking questions that have never been asked before and doing things that have never been done before in ways that no one has ever though of before.”
― Nicholas Gannon, The Doldrums

“It was a simple question, but adults often complicate simplicity”
― Nicholas Gannon, The Doldrums

“You're a little crazy', said the bear. 'But if you ask me, that's for the best.”
― Nicholas Gannon, The Doldrums

“The Glubs’ house had always looked as if a giant had picked it up and given it a good shake. And it was styled like a sweater your grandmother made: having too much in the sleeve, and too much about the waist, but providing more warmth than any other of your own.”
― Nicholas Gannon, The Doldrums

“Nothing happens for a reason. Everywhere is chaos...Terrible things just happen and you'd better get out of the way when they do.--Oliver”
― Nicholas Gannon, The Doldrums

“...but jealousy makes the best of us sour with the milk.”
― Nicholas Gannon, The Doldrums

“That's rich, my dear. Chocolate fudge, that is" -Mrs. Murkley”
― Nicholas Gannon, The Doldrums

“Now put your elixirs away. I'm not buying anything" -Mrs. Murkley”
― Nicholas Gannon, The Doldrums