“That which is around me does not affect my mood; my mood affects that which is around me.”
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
“So much of language is unspoken. So much of language is compromised of looks and gestures and sounds that are not words. People are ignorant of the vast complexity of their own communication.”
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
“The car goes where the eyes go.”
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
“I suddenly realized. The zebra. It is not something outside of us. The zebra is something inside of us. Our fears. Our own self-destructive nature. The zebra is the worst part of us when we are face-to-face with our worst times. The demon is us!”
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
“I don't understand why people insist on pitting concepts of evolution and creation against each other. Why can't they see that spiritualism and science are one? That bodies evolve and souls evolve and the universe is a fluid package that marries them both in a wonderful package called a human being. What's wrong with that idea?”
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
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