Jerry Pitman > Jerry's Quotes

“In a world where every item in your suitcase must earn its place to avoid breaching the weight limit, you must master the art of efficient packing.”
― Anastasia Pash, Travel With Style: Master the Art of Stylish and Functional Travel Capsules

“You know what they say?” Nonna paused, “The character of the Venetian people is like the tide.”
― Jennifer Wizbowski, Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta

“The two stag men entered the round tent and after a few moments reappeared, followed by a man of medium build who was dressed in light blue. His clothing shimmered, reflecting the firelight. Raimund knew immediately that this was the man from his dreams.”
― Robert Reid, The Thief

“And we can’t prepare children for a better world unless we build that world with them.”
― Fons Burger, The Only Possible Solution: How to Shape the Future for Our Next Generations

“You know I’ve seen a lot of evil,” Kozlowski replied. “But the Four Horsemen? The Apocalypse? Nope. Never worked anything like this. Try not to vomit all over yourself.”
― S.E. Stitcher, The Doomsday Butcher

“The guard looked down at the scarlet bloodstains blooming on his chest. He appeared to think of something that he needed to say, but as his lips began to form the words, his knees gave up the strain of supporting his ruined bulk. He collapsed to the floor, his throat issuing a final sound like a bubbling casserole.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Zombie Room

“He falls further into darkness. The stinging pain of daily torture and the numbing cold hardly bother him now, and he relishes the thought that soon he might disappear entirely. Then Lylitte is there in his thoughts again, and the splitting pain brings him back into this life, and again, only one thing eases the torment: winding further out of existence.”
― Joseph A. Anderson, Eden 2:b

“Life is a strange thing. Why this longing for life? It is a game which no man wins. To live is to toil hard and to suffer sore, till old age creeps heavily upon us and we throw down our hands on the cold ashes of dead fires. It is hard to live. In pain the babe sucks his first breath, in pain the old man gasps his last, and all his days are full of trouble and sorrow; yet he goes down to the open arms of death, stumbling, falling, with head turned backward, fighting to the last. And death is kind. It is only life and the things of life that hurt. Yet we love life and we hate death. It is very strange.”
― Jack London

“...and that, in the end, the most interesting people always leave.”
― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

“Temporal provincials were convinced that the present was the only time that mattered, and that anything that had occurred earlier could be safely ignored.”
― Michael Crichton, Timeline

“I know can be proud of me and so that I can be proud of myself!”
― Beatrice Sparks, Go Ask Alice

“United we stand, divided we fall.”
― Aesop, Lessons from the Lion, the Ox and their little friends (illustrated)