Phil Wohl > Quotes

“The one general theme I took away from that first week with my new friends, was that everyone had their issues. Life in its simplest form is an attempt to deal with and avoid potential impediments. Some families take dysfunction to lofty heights while other break apart like Oreos mixed in a blender.”
― Phil Wohl, Second Honeymoon on Dune Road

“I used to love that movie Wall Street and the line
‘Greed is good.’ Honestly, the only thing greed got me was five years in
prison, the loss of my wife and possessions, and the company I loved,”
Brad said slumping in his chair with his head down.”
― Phil Wohl, Organic Nation

“Brad Green, almost overnight, became the poster boy for the common Wall Street tale - proving once again that greed, most definitely, kills. Giving away about 99% of his fortune was also front page news, but Green barely blinked at having to scrape by with only $200 million. The government seized all five of his homes, his three boats, two jets, a helicopter, 14 cars, and all of his assets except the $200 million he stashed for a rainy day in an offshore bank account.”
― Phil Wohl, Organic Nation

“With every plus there must be a minus; with every tear there must be a smile; and for every skunk there must be a fragrant flower. We live our lives in fear of dying and we overlook the simple truth that living is all we can control. Never too high, never too low will get you stuck in the middle of the road. A sense of equilibrium is needed to see life as it is, not what you would like it to be.”
― Phil Wohl, BlueBalance

“Don’t even think about it.
You’ll never catch that big fish with your small hook.”
― Phil Wohl, High School Rivalry

“Don't ever feel like your best days are behind you. Reinvention is the purest form of hope. Make today your best yet!”
― Phil Wohl

“Then she turned, punched me in the arm, and ran in her
bunk.” I said with a straight face.”
― Phil Wohl, Xavier Walton's First Kiss

“Don’t do it,” the voice calmly said from the other side of the door. “I
have a way that you will be able to see your wife and son again.”
― Phil Wohl, Book of Hartwell

“As David Zucker watched the casket of his late wife being lowered into the ground, he thought the worst must surely be over and it was time to start the slow healing process to begin life anew.”
― Phil Wohl, Ctrl-Salt-Del: A Life Rebooted

“I reached into the pile and pulled out a few connected chips and then was about to shove them into my mouth, when I saw what appeared to be the face of an angel sitting next to me. And, if it was in fact my actual guardian angel, then it probably would have been poor form not to offer a few chips to extend an olive branch.”
― Phil Wohl, Death Made Me Famous

“It was a rite of passage each year at Manhattan Life Insurance Company. The golden doors would open every summer to a new crop of bright-eyed college students, all of which were over-qualified for a job that required little more than a high school-equivalent GED and a fully loaded MetroCard.”
― Phil Wohl, Manhattan Life

“Do that thing you love until the wheels fall off!”
― Phil Wohl

“I don't remember much about being born but I hear it's quite a traumatic experience.”
― Phil Wohl, Xavier Walton's First Kiss

“Gary’s immediate thought was that either this woman wasn’t planning on wearing much in the way of clothing for the duration of her stay, or she liked to wear clothes repeatedly until they were ripe.”
― Phil Wohl, MP!

“Writing therapy is my form of healing. Try and detach yourself from painful memories by infusing characters and then stepping back.”
― Phil Wohl

“Swish,” the net sounded like the blast of a cannon, signaling the game was tied at 64. Dave then saw the second shot in his mind before even going into his pre-shot routine. The ball tickled the front rim, brushed against the backboard, and then dropped through the net. The home crowd erupted as Dave backpedaled toward the opposing rim. Central High attempted a last-second shot that fell short into Breslin's hands. The fans rushed onto the floor as the number two train came roaring into the station, bringing Dave back from his glorious past back into the oppressive heat of the present.”
― Phil Wohl, More Than 44

“Instead of engaging in meaningless conversation and attempting to find out who Justice was, Daniel tapped into his brain and searched for his vampire memories. He saw various iterations of him torturing Carla, and then a scene of Carla and Drew getting revenge, George Washington Carver style, all before Justice could get a piece of buttered toast in his mouth.”
― Phil Wohl, Book of Daniel

“If you told me a year ago that I would kiss a girl when I was 12, then I would have either laughed at you or started to sweat. Girls have always been a puzzle of which I have failed to connect the pieces. They are so complicated and emotional that the average dude has absolutely no chance to get within shouting range.”
― Phil Wohl, Xavier Walton's First Kiss

“Real hard work and satisfaction will bring a detachment from time and worries. Do what you love and life will flow downstream.”
― Phil Wohl

“After over a century of one of the deepest blood feuds in the history of inhuman warfare, peace had finally descended on the sleepy coastal town of Beach Haven, New York. The unstable element of calm, however, is that it can retain its current form only when the variables remain relatively constant.”
― Phil Wohl, Book of Samuel

“The suite was set: Chris and I in the left, back room; Tom and Ricky in the left, front room; Junior and Danny Tampon in the back, right room next to the bathroom; and Dickstein all by his peanut-dick-self in the front, right room. It was quite a radical change from the suite that surrounded me, Chris, and Tom the previous year. Just getting rid of Lebeuf was addition by subtraction. The Beachside Dorm, Suite 524, would be one of the happiest places in my two-decade life. Freedom of expression was never diminished, unless Dickstein opened his mouth and shit flew out of it.”
― Phil Wohl, Suite Dream

“Bruce looked at David and David asked, “Is that Harold?”
He was wearing the same Meadow Brook Basketball jacket and had only a few gray hairs left on his round head. Harold walked up to his two favorite players and exclaimed, “Give me five!” and he extended both hands and the guys lightly slapped his palms, as the other eight ex-players chuckled in the background.
The cylinders started clicking in David’s mind as Harold said, “On the other side.”
The guys lightly slapped the knuckle side of Harold’s hand as David said, “Oh, shit!”
― Phil Wohl, Five on the Other Side

“It’s finger time!” Steve simply grunted.
Li responded like she always had to the request over the past years, by walking over to the tall oak cabinet in his office and pulling out a pack of Vienna Fingers. She then closed the door and walked around the desk and dropped to her knees, crawling the few extra feet under his desk. Li handed the red and white plastic package of cookies to Steve, who slid the tray open while his virtual slave unzipped the trousers of his blue Armani pinstripe suit and then dug deep to find his pleasure source.
Twenty seconds later, when both of them had consumed their mid-afternoon snacks, Steve transitioned back into his unrelenting work persona.”
― Phil Wohl, Law Street

“Create to be internally satisfied, not externally praised.”
― Phil Wohl

“There is a reason why I am a writer... sometimes it is the only way you can get people to listen to you!”
― Phil Wohl

“Daniel exposed his machete-like fangs much to the delight of Hartwell, who was gasping for air like a fish out of water. He furiously bit into Hartwell’s neck and drank his blood until he could sense the injured party slipping away. The beauty of a life on the edge did not escape Daniel at this moment. He wiped his mouth clean of Hartwell’s blood and then bit into his own wrist, while also using his powerful mind to pry open Hartwell’s mouth.
Daniel’s blood flowed through the body at rest and shot around Hartwell’s veins like he had ingested a case of energy drinks.”
― Phil Wohl, Book of Maxwell

“Gil thought for a few seconds and replied, “Yes, love is the answer.”
― Phil Wohl, Big Chief Brooklyn

“The sun was rising in the eastern horizon as Manuel Ortiz landed softly in the broken pavement driveway of an old abandoned warehouse. He looked around and thought for a moment that his senses must have been out of tune after all these years of inactivity. That was, until, he picked up a familiar scent and was then overwhelmed by a wave of other intriguing scents.”
― phil Wohl

“You see two people making delectable Italian food, and I see that
and a whole lot more.”

Inseperable”
― Phil Wohl, Locker Room

“If you choose to continue down this path, you will lead this tribe to destruction.”
― Phil Wohl, Book of Manuel