Where They Lie Quotes

“Nice to know people will give you their time,” he mused, watching out the window. “The only thing we really have to give, and it’s special. Time’s just another word for love.”
― Joe Hart, Where They Lie

“We all think we have choices, and we do, but we’re flotsam too. At the whim of circumstance, the things inside us, something as irritating as chance.”
― Joe Hart, Where They Lie

“Nice to know people will give you their time,” he mused”
― Joe Hart, Where They Lie

“It felt like there was no way to get back to where I’d been before, and in the end, did I really want to?”
― Joe Hart, Where They Lie

“We forget how young some people are when they start carrying weight beyond their years, then wonder why they struggle.”
― Joe Hart, Where They Lie

“The drive home was a blur of resentment. Doubt rode shotgun.”
― Joe Hart, Where They Lie

“What good was it to hate waking up on Monday morning only to yearn for Friday night? If purpose became a perk not a prerequisite, what the hell were we even doing?”
― Joe Hart, Where They Lie

“Someone once said we don’t have a justice system, we have a legal system. I think about that. I think about that a lot.”
― Joe Hart, Where They Lie

“I’d always marveled at how soundly others slumbered. Their minds could shut down and leave them be for hours at a time, while mine always seemed to be in third gear, just waiting to drop the clutch and burn rubber the moment I surfaced.”
― Joe Hart, Where They Lie

“Long ago I’d stopped letting the hands on the clock tell my own when they could or couldn’t pick up a drink.”
― Joe Hart, Where They Lie

“People aren’t always ruled by their pasts, but they never”
― Joe Hart, Where They Lie

“There is a freedom in anonymity.”
― Joe Hart, Where They Lie

“If purpose became a perk not a prerequisite, what the hell were we even doing?”
― Joe Hart, Where They Lie

“Everyone should have a place to retreat to, somewhere unique that doesn’t belong to anyone, not even you. When there are no distractions, you can get down to business. Let the terrible things out of their cages you keep inside. Face them as fully as you can, let them hurt you.”
― Joe Hart, Where They Lie

“People aren’t always ruled by their pasts, but they never really escape them either.”
― Joe Hart, Where They Lie

“The law is one size fits all, while reality is a series of chaotic events we raft through like white water. The difference is some people get handed life jackets while others are told they should’ve learned how to swim better.”
― Joe Hart, Where They Lie

“The difference is some people get handed life jackets while others are told they should’ve learned how to swim better.”
― Joe Hart, Where They Lie

“The truth was the system was deeply flawed because people were. The law is one size fits all, while reality is a series of chaotic events we raft through like white water. The difference is some people get handed life jackets while others are told they should’ve learned how to swim better.”
― Joe Hart, Where They Lie

“I want to say to all of you parents out there struggling right now, whether it be with your kid’s behavior or making ends meet or whatever it is, it’s okay to be sad sometimes. It’s okay to be angry. It’s okay to be hurt by their actions or words. As parents we’re supposed to be superheroes and never let anything get to us, but that’s not true. We’re people just like anyone, and we need care too.”
― Joe Hart, Where They Lie

“The irony of looking for a missing Saint Anthony medal wasn’t lost on me.”
― Joe Hart, Where They Lie

“When you didn’t have opportunity, hope could become chains.”
― Joe Hart, Where They Lie

“Doing nothing is always doing something.”
― Joe Hart, Where They Lie