Jerry Merritt > Quotes

“If you do a poor job now, Cager, you aren’t taking care of the person you will become. How successful that future person is depends on you doing your part here and now.”
― Jerry Merritt, A Gift of Time

“Like so much in life, it was the internal concept that counted, not the outward appearance.”
― Jerry Merritt, A Gift of Time

“Old memories are hard to shed. They are who we are. And all memories, true or false, are equally real.”
― Jerry Merritt, A Gift of Time

“And what is life but a search for someone who wants you.”
― Jerry Merritt, A Gift of Time

“Projection, after all, was the refuge of the stupid, ensnared in traps of their own design and unable to grasp that their inane flailing about had triggered the deadfall to drop on their own heads.”
― Jerry Merritt, A Gift of Time

“Projection, after all, was the refuge of the stupid, ensnared in traps of their own design and unable to grasp that their inane flailing about had triggered the deadfall to drop on their own heads. Still, I feared for Arlie. Stupidity was a fearsome enemy when it showed up in numbers.”
― Jerry Merritt, A Gift of Time

“I struggled to retain consciousness as memories shuffled about, shifting positions, organizing into queues until, like the stars, they too were flung outwards beyond my grasp.”
― Jerry Merritt, A Gift of Time

“don’t never know nobody for sure, Micajah. We only knows what our eyes sees and our ears hears. Then we takes that and makes up a somebody. Maybe it’s jus’ like the somebody we sees and hears; maybe it ain’t. Mostly ain’t, been my ‘sperience.”
― Jerry Merritt, A Gift of Time

“Cat’s Cradle.”
― Jerry Merritt, A Gift of Time

“Can Cage and me fix those old lawnmowers and sell them?” Those low-cast eyes swung toward me and locked. They knew this was my idea. “Ain’t yours to sell…, Arlen.” “But they’re just out there rusting away, Daddy. We might be able to fix them,” Arlie persisted. To my considerable relief, Daddy’s eyes gimbaled back toward Arlie. “You woke me up to ask me that? Arlen, ain’t none of them worked in years. But if you think you can fix ‘em, have at it. Might as well learn early. You can’t make a turd back into a ham sandwich.” He dropped his hat back over his face. “Now git!” And with no further hesitation, we both shot out the screen door to pick out a turd.”
― Jerry Merritt, A Gift of Time

“The Earth rotates eastward at about 800 miles per hour at our latitude while simultaneously orbiting the sun at 19 miles a second. And the Earth and Sun move through the galaxy at 130 miles a second.”
― Jerry Merritt, A Gift of Time

“We don’t never know nobody for sure, Micajah. We only knows what our eyes sees and our ears hears. Then we takes that and makes up a somebody. Maybe it’s jus’ like the somebody we sees and hears; maybe it ain’t. Mostly ain’t, been my ‘sperience.”
― Jerry Merritt, A Gift of Time