Allan Wolf > Quotes

“The points are not the point; the point is poetry.”
― Allan Wolf

“Marriage without struggle is like an unfired clay pot.
It is easily made, but it will not stand the test of time.”
― Allan Wolf, The Watch That Ends the Night

“Man's fatal flaw is misplaced optimism.”
― Allan Wolf, The Watch That Ends the Night

“Thank you. You're a kind person. It doesn't cost anything to be kind. People forget. Kindness doesn't cost a dime.”
― Allan Wolf, Zane's Trace

“Some folks is meant to make excuses. Some folks is meant to make history.”
― Allan Wolf, The Watch That Ends the Night

“Points are not the point. The point is poetry.”
― Allan Wolf

“Life unravels as it's lived. It can't be woven back together.”
― Allan Wolf, Zane's Trace

“... my aim in writing The Watch That Ends the Night was not to present history. My aim was to present humanity. The people represented in this book lived and breathed and loved. They were as real as you or me. They could have been any one of us.”
― Allan Wolf, The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic

“You want coffees with your Happy Meals?

Yes, we want coffee with our Happy Meals. It makes them more happy.”
― Allan Wolf, Zane's Trace

“But most are fueled by hope.”
― Allan Wolf, The Watch That Ends the Night

“Ha. If given a choice of dodging a bullet or stepping in its way, I'll choose dodging when I can. Anyway, to face death, you only need a dram of courage. To face life you need a good deal more.”
― Allan Wolf, Zane's Trace

“Thank God (my wife) and I were both born poor
so the concept of fidelity was allowed to take root in us.”
― Allan Wolf, The Watch That Ends the Night

“Is it God? Did God set up the dominoes and wait for some human to flick the first one? Or is it the opposite way around? Did humans set them up so God could do the flicking?”
― Allan Wolf, Who Killed Christopher Goodman?

“In vogue and cosmopolitan they clutch their Pomeranians and walk among the millionaires or watch from swayback steamer chairs”
― Allan Wolf, The Watch That Ends the Night

“I can tell a lot about people
just by watching them going about their day.
And from where I sits in the crow's nest,
a rich man and a poor man looks equally small.”
― Allan Wolf, The Watch That Ends the Night

“Then a vote was called:
"All those for the right fork, raise your hand."
And another:
"All those for the left fork, hold 'em high."
And suddenly We became Us and Them.”
― Allan Wolf, The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep

“Sometimes doing the wrong thing is the only thing left to do.”
― Allan Wolf, The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep

“Why were you staring at me?" the girl asked.
The boy replied, "Because you are beautiful.”
― Allan Wolf, The Watch That Ends the Night

“We stack our civilization neatly in the desert. We turn away and walk.
I do not have to look back to see what's been left behind.
The sun beats down. On the books. On our backs.
We are becoming the beasts. Equal to the oxen.”
― Allan Wolf, The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep

“I can tell a lot about people just by watching them go about their day. And from where I sits in the crow's nest, a rich man and a poor man looks equally small.”
― Allan Wolf, The Watch That Ends the Night

“I have chosen not to name any particular ship because its identity is not relevant to my story. The fact is that a ship was there. And for whatever reason, that ship did nothing.”
― Allan Wolf, The Watch That Ends the Night