Tom Lowe > Quotes

“The sunset played hide-and-seek with leaves and limbs sauntering in the breeze, causing the old oaks to be painted in deep shadow one moment, then turning a golden light.”
― Tom Lowe, Destiny

“I thought about that, watching the ambulance growing smaller in the distance, thought about the bottomless abuse of power by the bottom feeders gorging on the feedbag of greed while plowing scars into the souls of others, justified for the purported good of the masses, when it was really all about them.”
― Tom Lowe, Blood of Cain

“there is no line of delineation between good friends and good family, and that circle of people around you is the wheel supporting your wheelbarrow and the baggage you carry in it. Family isn’t defined by blood any more than a person is defined by the color of his or her skin. Unconditional support parallels unconditional love and grace. Fortunate is the man or woman who has a large circle of family and close friends.”
― Tom Lowe, Blood of Cain

“Chaloner. And to put it in closer viewpoint, Carlson is the grandson of Andrew Chaloner, the man whose firm, Chaloner Industries, backed”
― Tom Lowe, Destiny

“the difference between an intelligent person and a wise person is the choices he or she makes for the good of others.”
― Tom Lowe, Destiny

“God knows so much more than David, Solomon, da Vinci or Einstein. But He still listens because we’re just discovering it. Pal, that’s gotta be real love.”
― Tom Lowe, Destiny

“knew immediately it came from a round shot through a padlock. A clear ointment had been applied”
― Tom Lowe, Cemetery Road

“The only difference in war between nations and war between causes and people is the size of the bombs. We’re at war here. The roots are similar … control of territory, control of people … greed repackaged.”
― Tom Lowe, A Murder of Crows

“I’m not a philosopher, but I have pondered whether we’re born with a blank slate and life experiences become the writing on our wall. Or is some of that writing on the wall already there—a kind of invisible ink? Does it become more legible the more we find out who we are in life?”
― Tom Lowe, Cemetery Road

“His time had been so short. But I knew time was always borrowed. Always on loan, rented. Never owned.”
― Tom Lowe, Cemetery Road

“desperate to escape but are terrified to try because personal insecurities have an invisible chain and lock on their souls.”
― Tom Lowe, The Alibi: A Sean O'Brien Novel

“We can only see what’s revealed to us, Paul. Tiny cracks, these little places where just a drop of God’s paint is shared within a canvas big as the universe, show up and shed light on things.”
― Tom Lowe, Destiny

“Wisdom comes from finally realizing and admitting how damn little you know.”
― Tom Lowe, Destiny

“maybe we should pass a law requiring a thorough background check to breed.”
― Tom Lowe, The Jefferson Prophecy

“We do not come into the world at birth. We come from—from the source of life, like an apple comes from a tree. The miracle of that which is above is moveable to that which is below. It is one. We, all of us, every atom and every cell, are one with God.”
― Tom Lowe, Destiny

“Now, we become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” He said it was a quote from a Hindu scripture. Anyway, Bob Miller said we didn’t have to provide the Russians with every detail, only such things as our capacity for U-235 production on a monthly basis, plutonium levels and so on. We could give them just enough to let their scientists figure it out, thought it was a fair way to usher in this very dangerous new weaponry. We didn’t want”
― Tom Lowe, The Black Bullet

“Family, at least to me, especially now, is defined by love, grace, a true kinship of spirits more than a common blood type.”
― Tom Lowe, Blood of Cain