Chad Lucas > Quotes

“...you can love someone an awful lot and hurt them all the same”
― Chad Lucas, Thanks a Lot, Universe

“What? Oh.’ My cheeks went warm. ‘I did it without thinking..’
Mom smiled. ‘I know. You do that sometimes, until you get self-conscious and stop. But you don’t need to hide the things that make you happy.”
― Chad Lucas, Thanks a Lot, Universe

“Maybe that was what hope was: knowing how the world had always worked and still believing things could get better anyway.”
― Chad Lucas, You Owe Me One, Universe

“Once you start down a road, he said, it's easier to keep going. One day you look around and regret ending up where you are, but you don't know how to turn around.”
― Chad Lucas, Thanks a Lot, Universe

“And mayonnaise is the whitest food.”
“Mayonnaise isn’t a food.”
“How is it not a food?”
“No one eats just mayo straight from the jar. It’s a sauce.”
“Weak sauce.”
“So that’s your definition of food? What about peanut butter?”
“Of course peanut butter’s a food. Don’t you ever eat it straight from the jar?”
“Well, yeah.”
“What if something’s gross unless you put other stuff on it? Like, no one eats plain oatmeal, right? Is it a food?”
“Plain oatmeal is communist.”
“Pickled eggs are for serial killers.”
“Nasty. Who’d eat a pickled egg?”
“Exactly! It’s like eating a giant eyeball.”
“Pickled eggs dipped in mayo. Yum.”
“If you ever open a fridge and there’s nothing but pickled eggs and mayo, run for your life. Hundred percent chance you’re at a serial killer’s house.”
We were back to being ridiculous, like at most of our sleepovers. Every time I laughed, the rock grew smaller.”
― Chad Lucas, Thanks a Lot, Universe

“New Year's Day is the most useless of all holidays. It's hard to feel excited about new beginnings when everything's frozen and gray.”
― Chad Lucas, You Owe Me One, Universe

“Some things in the world were scarce, but there was more than enough sadness.”
― Chad Lucas, Thanks a Lot, Universe

“Unless you're meeting a newborn baby, most people only visit hospitals when something's wrong. Hospitals are a collection of tragedies.”
― Chad Lucas, Thanks a Lot, Universe

“Bones Malone didn't punch Tony Spezio in the face.”
― Chad Lucas, Let the Monster Out

“Monday was the Mondayest Monday in the history of Mondays.”
― Chad Lucas, Thanks a Lot, Universe

“To fall is human. But to learn from your errors and reach again for the light instead of sinking into darkness, this is a path that few choose.”
― Chad Lucas, The Vanished Ones

“But the fact is, truth always faces opposition, and it is much easier to surrender to doubt than to stand firm in faith. And once you surrender to doubt, what is wrong begins to seem right.”
― Chad Lucas, The Vanished Ones