The Lifters Quotes

“In the lives of humans, there are moments that feel very much apart from the majority of moments. That is, in any life there are many hundreds of thousands of hours and millions of minutes, and though those hours and minutes might be filled with contentment, or joy, or pain, few of them are bathed in the light of destiny. Very few of them feel as if one has been taken from their regular life and lifted into a new, extraordinary existence. It is these moments that bring an ordinary life into the realm of the extraordinary. It is these moments that are doorways from a life lived to eat and drink and sleep, into a life lived to do monumental things.”
― Dave Eggers, The Lifters

“Those who smile with their eyes are surely the most likeable of people.”
― Dave Eggers, The Lifters

“A promise is like the earth underneath us. It must be solid. How can we walk, and run, and live and laugh, when we can't count on the ground beneath us. And so it is with promises. They keep us upright. They hold up everyone and everything”
― Dave Eggers, The Lifters

“Happiness above can solve the sadness below.”
― Dave Eggers, The Lifters

“That small act of noticing him when no one else did. That brief act of caring. Just one person seeing another's struggle and bringing them to their feet again. It was the difference between a cold world of being forever apart and a world where one could feel bound to another. Obligated to kindness.”
― Dave Eggers, The Lifters

“You have to know sadness . . . because sadness is duty . . .because if you know sadness, you understand sadness in others, and if you can understand sadness in others, you're obligated to help.”
― Dave Eggers, The Lifters

“I know that at your age you can feel powerless, and that powerlessness can make you angry.”
― Dave Eggers, The Lifters