Clare Smith > Clare's Quotes

“I have several close friends who have run marathons, a word that is actually derived from two Swahili words: mara, which means 'to die a horrible death', and thon, which means 'for a stupid T-shirt.' Look it up.”
― Celia Rivenbark, You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the Morning

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“One thing Red had learned from years of reading and movie watching was that people were far scarier than any disease or zombie or alien or face-eating monster.”
― Christina Henry, The Girl in Red

“Two drowning people can't save each other. All they can do is drag each other down.”
― Carsten Jensen, We, the Drowned

“We thought we knew everything about him. But that's not how life is. When all's said and done, we can never truly know one another.”
― Carsten Jensen, We, the Drowned

“Lying, like marksmanship and tomato growing, got easier with practice. He”
― Scott Nicholson, The Red Church

“all a pretty face does is hide the ugly underneath, don’t it?”
― Scott Nicholson, The Red Church

“I had recently come into the possession of a Thesaurus. You would not believe how many words there are! When I opened that book, I was like, whoa! Word party!”
― The Harvard Lampoon, Nightlight: A Parody

“The gas station had already cut so many corners on safety that it was practically a circle,”
― Jack Townsend, Tales from the Gas Station: Volume One

“I was simply dying much slower than anticipated. But when you think about it, isn’t that all anyone can really ask for?”
― Jack Townsend, Tales from the Gas Station: Volume One

“(I know my life may seem a tad pathetic from the outside, but that’s just because it is.)”
― Jack Townsend, Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Three

“Being dead is a lot like dreaming. Sometimes it’s good; sometimes it’s bad. But most of the time, you don’t even realize you’re doing it.”
― Jack Townsend, Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Three

“Is everything okay?"
"Yeah, yeah, probably. I just wanted to mention--and it's probably no big deal--but there's a guy hanging out near the gas station staring at me."
"Nothing illegal about staring."
"Yeah, you're right. It's just that, well, he's wearing a mask."
"It is Halloween, you know."
"You're right. It's just that, he's standing out in the rain wearing this long blue raincoat."
"That's what raincoats are for."
"Yeah, I guess you've got a good point. It's just that, he's really creeping me out and I think he's like eight feet tall and his arms go down to his knees."
There was a short pause on the other line. Then, "That's not illegal.”
― Jack Townsend, Tales from the Gas Station: Volume One

“Why would I want to die last?”
― Ally Wilkes, Where the Dead Wait

“If God wanted me to give you up, he wouldn't have made me who I am.”
― Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You

“And isn’t death just the apocalypse in the first person?”
― Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You

“But if you think there’s any chance that I could make you happy, I wish you would let me try. Because it’s the only thing I really want to do with my life.”
― Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You

“I will probably continue to make poor life decisions and suffer recurrent depressive episodes”
― Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You

“It’s the kind of place where, for fun, people do Civil War reenactments in the summer and meth in the winter.”
― Jack Townsend, Tales from the Gas Station: Volume One

“This was the conversation equivalent of the moment a zipper gets jammed on nothing.”
― Jack Townsend, Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Two

“You really thought I might have been the killer?” ​“Yes.” ​“Aww, thank you.”
― Jack Townsend, Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Four

“I thought back to what Dr. V had said during that visit, about preserving the integrity of my brain.
I looked Tony in the eyes and said, "Aim for the head, please.”
― Jack Townsend, Tales from the Gas Station: Volume One

“​The sheer number of people in my life who have somehow failed to outlive me is, in a word, incredible.”
― Jack Townsend, Tales from the Gas Station: Volume One

“Shut up, you insufferable shitweasel,”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“A pleasure,” said Viv. It wasn’t.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“I'm used to sleeping rough.'
'Used to ain't the same as ought to.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“My heart has joined the Thousand, for my friend stopped running today.”
― Richard Adams, Watership Down