Dan Groat > Quotes

“There is a silent deference for one another, a distance that is kept, and lines that aren’t crossed, but in their sharing, they each try to pay tribute to the bond in their own way. As often as possible, they open up a little and give what they can.”
― Dan Groat, An Enigmatic Escape: A Trilogy

“What a wonderful sadness to miss the one you have loved forever, it seems, and know that she is waiting at home.”
― Dan Groat, An Enigmatic Escape: A Trilogy

“We lose keys and we find keys and we get new keys. We just have to find the ones that unlock the right doors. Sometimes, we have keys, but we don’t know what door they fit. That can be the hardest part, putting the right key in the right door.”
― Dan Groat, Monarchs and Mendicants

“Books required no interchanges of thoughts and feelings, no trading of expectations, no traffic of words, no menace of real loss. Reading books required far less energy than reading people; the pages seldom disappointed him and they never died.”
― Dan Groat, Monarchs and Mendicants

“Music is the sound of unspoken thoughts.”
― Dan Groat

“The weak thrive on indulgence.”
― Dan Groat, A Punctual Paymaster

“What kind of country has this become? Decent people can’t do anything without being watched.”
― Dan Groat, An Enigmatic Escape: A Trilogy

“Devotion to self is necessary. First, place the mask on yourself and breathe deeply. Then help the others. If you don’t save yourself, they will die.”
― Dan Groat, Monarchs and Mendicants

“My world was very limited in size and experience. Small things took on extra importance, at least to a child.”
― Dan Groat, An Enigmatic Escape: A Trilogy

“Time does not heal, but it can liberate. A race run well can never be lost.”
― dan groat, A Punctual Paymaster

“Surviving is about need. Living is about want.”
― Dan Groat, Monarchs and Mendicants

“Men who have been in war have a different attitude about being wronged.”
― Dan Groat, Monarchs and Mendicants

“Those who show no loyalty give up the right to expect any.”
― dan groat, A Punctual Paymaster

“Saying it ain’t fair, over and over again while you stand in front of a wrecking ball is kinda senseless, I think.”
― Dan Groat, An Enigmatic Escape: A Trilogy

“There are struggles you cannot win, but a man can meet his own heart if value is found in loss. Give yourself permission to cry.”
― Dan Groat, A Punctual Paymaster

“We are born among relatives. Family is defined by loyalty.”
― Dan Groat

“We who are dreamers and doers want only the chance to dream and do, to have an idea and to try to carry it out without interference.”
― Dan Groat, A Punctual Paymaster

“The world bein’ so small ain’t always a good thing for those of us who ain’t searchin’ for new and different stuff.”
― Dan Groat, An Enigmatic Escape: A Trilogy

“The world has a way of dragging down our mood.”
― Dan Groat, A Punctual Paymaster

“One of the worst things I’ve learned about getting older is that there seems to be more change that you don’t like than there was when you were younger and you can’t do nothin’ about it.”
― Dan Groat, An Enigmatic Escape: A Trilogy

“The true soldier knows nothing but war, and the true soldier, for lack of an enemy, attacks himself.”
― Dan Groat, Monarchs and Mendicants

“If all you do is think about what you need, you’re no better than an animal in the woods, and no smarter either. To be human, you’ve got to want. It makes you smarter and stronger.”
― Dan Groat, Monarchs and Mendicants

“The bones of the oak tree that had stood by the spring branch during my youth were scattered about the ground, pieces of the skeleton of a majestic life that had passed while I was off growing up and old.”
― Dan Groat, An Enigmatic Escape: A Trilogy

“Being tough today might cause you to be weak in the future.”
― Dan Groat, Monarchs and Mendicants

“As an adult I had mastered the art of looking without seeing and listening without hearing and eating without tasting and maybe even existing without living.”
― Dan Groat, An Enigmatic Escape: A Trilogy

“Everybody dies. It’s no risk to lose your life. You knew it was lost from the beginning.”
― Dan Groat, Monarchs and Mendicants

“I’m not lookin’ to be anybody’s keeper. What I say and do is meant to protect me. If it works for somebody else, that’s okay, but I don’t want people depending on me to save them.”
― Dan Groat, Monarchs and Mendicants

“Don’t ever use a shovel to swat a fly.”
― Dan Groat, A Punctual Paymaster

“This country should treat good people better than they do.”
― Dan Groat, A Punctual Paymaster

“They may not have enough of their own to take a stand, but they can do it if someone shows them how.”
― Dan Groat, Monarchs and Mendicants