Charlie Carillo > Quotes

“He dangled, he strangled, and there he hung on that bright, bright morning when I showed up to call him for breakfast.”
― Charlie Carillo, Raising Jake

“Karo sugar syrup mixed with a red dye”
― Charlie Carillo, Raising Jake

“Sometimes you have to put your hand up in front of the bullshit wagaon and say, "Enough!”
― Charlie Carillo, Raising Jake

“Your marriage," Jake said, almost impatiently. "It's like the grapes. Just a paint job."
He went straight to bed.”
― Charlie Carillo, Raising Jake

“The swans of our childhood were probably just pigeons.’” He”
― Charlie Carillo, Return to Shepherd Avenue

“the unspoken neighborhood code, which hadn’t changed since ‘61: Mind your own damn business, and leave everyone the hell alone.”
― Charlie Carillo, Return to Shepherd Avenue

“How much more peaceful your life becomes when the people you really love are gone. In this family, anyway.” I did not disagree.”
― Charlie Carillo, Return to Shepherd Avenue

“Some people who live alone save everything. Others keep it light, treating a home like a lifeboat that could sink under the weight of too much stuff. I’m a lifeboat guy.”
― Charlie Carillo, Return to Shepherd Avenue

“Maybe there is a heaven, or at least some kind of existence beyond this one.” “I wouldn’t bet on it.” Rosensohn chuckled. “Don’t you see? You are betting on it. We’re all betting on it. Deep down, whether or not you believe in God or heaven or whatever, it’s impossible for any of us to imagine not existing. We all have just enough vanity to buy into that idea of immortality.”
― Charlie Carillo, Return to Shepherd Avenue

“Life's a ride in a car going downhill, and the car's got no steering wheel. So all you can do is try to guide it with your weight.
Sometimes you make the turns you wanna make. Sometimes, you hit the tree.”
― Charlie Carillo, Found Money

“It takes a long time to become gentle, and by the time you get there, your toolbox ain’t what it used to be.”
― Charlie Carillo, Return to Shepherd Avenue

“Sometimes you aim for what you want in this crazy life, and sometimes it falls into your lap, and sometimes the path is so long and twisted you forget that it’s a path at all, until something happens to make you realize there’s actually a destination at the end of this mad journey, something you’ve been striving for all along.”
― Charlie Carillo, Return to Shepherd Avenue