Bret Couch > Bret's Quotes

“Stupid Magic 8 Ball, he thought. I’ve always hated this thing.”
― S.E. Stitcher, The Doomsday Butcher

“Clarity of purpose often comes from wandering through mistakes”
― Joseph A. Anderson, Eden 2:b

“Jack? It’s Margeaux.”
“My sister? Why would my sister be calling me? How did she get my number? Crazy questions blipped through my head. I knew she had married and was living in New Orleans, but we rarely spoke and have never been close by any means”
“Margeaux?”
“I’m calling from the police station. Dad was just brought in and I thought I should let you know.”
“What! Why was he brought in?”
“Jack, he’s been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. He drove himself into New Orleans to Quest Diagnostic for some blood tests and he was waiting to be called. Apparently, they took other people back that had come in after him. He got upset and made a scene. The staff tried to explain that those people all had appointments and he didn’t. He became so abusive, they called security, but before they even got there, Dad knocked down one of the technicians. That’s when they called the police. They came and took him.”
― Behcet Kaya, Treacherous Estate

“I would caution you—ambition is a deadly disease.”
― John Edgell, Seed of the Defiled

“Decker smiled and shrugged off their laughter. The humour was only barbed if you sat on the outside, and now he was one of them.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Zombie Room

“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

“How dare he fall in love with his own wife! -Salai”
― E.L. Konigsburg, The Second Mrs. Gioconda

“If you rely only on your eyes, your other senses weaken.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“لا تطارد عدوا سريعا يكاد يطير، ولا تهاجم جنودا طبعهم حاد عنيف”
― صن تزو

“Clang Clang Rattle Bing Bang, Gonna make my noise all day!”
― Robert N. Munsch, Mortimer

“The rich tapestry of life is waiting for you out there.”
― James Herriot, All Creatures Great and Small