Daniel Schwabauer > Quotes

“Always give your reader credit for being smart enough to figure out what you want to say.”
― Daniel Schwabauer

“It takes an enormous amount of work to complete a novel, and each of the students who completed the course has accomplished something many people only dream about.”
― Daniel Schwabauer

“Every fictional character is real, they just inherit a different world.”
― Daniel Schwabauer

“You may be running short of create juice because you mind isn't interested. Eddie isn't naping because he's tired; he's napping because he's bored out of his mind. Drool is running down his chin. So wake him up. BAM! WHERE DID THAT COME FROM, EDDIE?! THERE'S A BODY ON THE KITCHEN TABLE?! WHAT'S GOING ON?!
Eddie will jump out of his recliner in a panic. WHAT? A BODY?! AN EXPLOSION? WHY WOULD THE HOUSE EXPLODE? WHAT'S GOIND ON?!”
― Daniel Schwabauer

“What is a king, JaRed?"
"A king," JaRed said, "is supposed to act like a king."
"Yes."
"The one who serves them!"
"Yes."
"Even when-" His words stopped. No more would come. He stared in silence.
"The true king is the one who sacrifices himself for his people." In two strides the man towered above JaRed. "The one who loves them.”
― Daniel Schwabauer, Daniel, Runt the Hunted

“A well-told story bypasses our intellectual firewalls and changes us through our emotions.”
― Daniel Schwabauer, The God of Story: Discovering the Narrative of Scripture Through the Language of Storytelling

“Great storytellers show us how the tiniest of sins can have devastating effects on others.”
― Daniel Schwabauer, The God of Story: Discovering the Narrative of Scripture Through the Language of Storytelling

“Stories tell us that life is meaningful, and at their best they show us how to go about finding that meaning for ourselves.”
― Daniel Schwabauer, The God of Story: Discovering the Narrative of Scripture Through the Language of Storytelling

“[God] is present in the everyday material circumstances of human life, so “with us” even in our suffering and confusion that nothing can separate us from him.”
― Daniel Schwabauer, The God of Story: Discovering the Narrative of Scripture Through the Language of Storytelling

“but the mind can only handle so much awe before it yawns and reaches for a different sort of catnip. Even the Grand Canyon is only grand for a little while. After that it’s just another detour on your way to a cold drink.”
― Daniel Schwabauer, Galactic Attorney

“You really have a health serum? One that will cure the human race of ‘every natural flaw?”
― Daniel Schwabauer, Galactic Attorney

“Jesus is the voice, the personality, of God in human form.”
― Daniel Schwabauer, The God of Story: Discovering the Narrative of Scripture Through the Language of Storytelling

“Statue of Self-Determination”
― Daniel Schwabauer, Galactic Attorney

“He’d fixated on what the claim was actually worth and ignored how much it was worth for it to go away.”
― Daniel Schwabauer, Galactic Attorney

“something my former employer had called “ratlike instincts.” If the latter doesn’t sound like a compliment, you’ve never hired a personal-injury attorney.”
― Daniel Schwabauer, Galactic Attorney

“TheraPods share a common goal: make humans good. Since that goal seems to be impossible, we shoot for making humans better.”
― Daniel Schwabauer, Galactic Attorney

“The story of Jesus is the one true story that gives meaning to all the others. Which is why the language of that story is not just the language of humanity; it is the language of life.”
― Daniel Schwabauer

“Story never builds anything substantial without a tape measure.”
― Daniel Schwabauer, The God of Story: Discovering the Narrative of Scripture Through the Language of Storytelling

“Oliver Wendell loved his free speech, particularly at 3:00 a.m.”
― Daniel Schwabauer, Galactic Attorney

“My history was written in collection letters.”
― Daniel Schwabauer, Galactic Attorney

“Who came to night court when it could be avoided? It was like adding colonoscopy to your bucket list.”
― Daniel Schwabauer, Galactic Attorney

“Jump through every loop. Dot every hi. Cross every sea. You will see for yourself. The blind shall see. The lame walk. The allergic will stop their sneezing. And you will be rewarded handsomely.”
― Daniel Schwabauer, Galactic Attorney

“But wasn’t that how a reputation was built? One disaster at a time?”
― Daniel Schwabauer, Galactic Attorney

“The prerequisite for receiving from him is believing in him. There is no other path to acquiring “the words of eternal life,” as Peter called them (John 6:68–69).”
― Daniel Schwabauer, The God of Story: Discovering the Narrative of Scripture Through the Language of Storytelling

“Most of our moral problems are rooted in our human, perhaps innate, desire to place the moral compass of the universe within ourselves.”
― Daniel Schwabauer, The God of Story: Discovering the Narrative of Scripture Through the Language of Storytelling

“Most of the time, betrayal doesn’t look like Caesar getting knifed in the back. It’s usually something far less dramatic—something easily excused or even justified. Betrayal comes to most of us wearing jeans and a T-shirt. It’s the harmless bit of gossip, the convenient oversight, the phone call that isn’t made. Most of the time, betrayal is a coward.”
― Daniel Schwabauer, Galactic Attorney

“Like his father, Brandon was a terrible human being, but that didn’t make him a bad attorney. Quite the opposite.”
― Daniel Schwabauer, Galactic Attorney

“you will discover the truth during the performance of your duties.”
― Daniel Schwabauer, Galactic Attorney

“I am the blind man who was given his sight. So are you—unless you are still blind.”
― Daniel Schwabauer, The God of Story: Discovering the Narrative of Scripture Through the Language of Storytelling

“Maybe she would warm up a little and give me a loan. All it would cost was the tiny slice of dignity I kept in reserve for emergencies.”
― Daniel Schwabauer, Galactic Attorney