Now Is the Hour Quotes

“The universe has always conspired to fuck me up.”
― Tom Spanbauer, Now Is the Hour

“Sometimes the world is so beautiful it hurts.”
― Tom Spanbauer, Now Is the Hour

“Her heartbeat was in her hands, her heart beat the way she moved her head, her whole body was her heart beating.”
― Tom Spanbauer, Now Is the Hour

“Trying to change yourself is as hard as trying to change the universe. Maybe there’s no difference. The fact is, shit happens none of us plan on.”
― Tom Spanbauer, Now Is the Hour

“The way I figure it, we know we got this world, so live in this one while you’re here. I figure the next one will take care of itself.”
― Tom Spanbauer, Now Is the Hour

“If you own yourself, you own the world.”
― Tom Spanbauer, Now Is the Hour

“Stars, hard bits of diamond light.”
― Tom Spanbauer, Now Is the Hour

“An intention in your life to fold your life around.
I stood tall and strong and let him fall. His face against my chest. I reached down, put my arms under his knees, his legs dangled over my arm. One big heft, and I was holding George high in my arms.
There was nowhere to go, no place I knew, no solid, silent place in all the world. So I stood, held George, knotty pine everywhere I looked, men staring. Just stood. Put that solid, silent place in the world inside me and stood.
Stood and stood, held George, held his whole body, until he was quiet.”
― Tom Spanbauer, Now Is the Hour