The Sledding Hill Quotes

“If humans are ever to understand one another, they will have to come to terms with the concept, and the reality, of relativity. In essence, that’s what the Earthgame is about. They will have to see how things look compared to other things. Once you understand that nothing exists without its opposite, you understand nothing is good and nothing is evil, that opposites actually hold each other up.”
― Chris Crutcher, The Sledding Hill: An Audacious Story About Inseparable Friends and the Epic Struggle with Death

“Just remember: He’s scared and he can’t afford for anyone to see that. He’s not the enemy. His ideas are the enemy. He’s doing his best."

“So I should be nice to him?”

“Be however you need to be to do what feels right. He signed up for the game, too, and it’s not your job to make his game easier. Your job is to tell your truth. That’s everybody’s job.”
― Chris Crutcher, The Sledding Hill

“They love each other; I mean, if one of them died, the other one would be way sorry, but neither expects the other one to do that soon, so they fight like gladiators.”
― Chris Crutcher, The Sledding Hill