J.L. Carr Quotes

You dance?”“I think that might be overly optimistic, ” he said. “I do something. I’ll try not to hurt you.

You’re a good date, ” he said.“You thought of it as a date?”He nodded. “From the beginning.

A million possible endearments ran through his head. But he said, “Help.

Sarah, I’m going to take care of you whether you like it or not.

Isn’t he cute? That he thinks he has a sense of humour?

He’d never been shy, but he’d always been a little uncertain around girls. He just couldn’t believe they liked him.

It didn’t take much to turn a man solitary-being the new guy too often, being controversial now and then, a couple of unsuccessful attempts at a lasting relationship with a woman…

Humanity is a spectator sport. God is the spectator.

God exists. He has one wicked sense of humor, and right now he’s having a grand old time punking the planet.

Nothing is harder on the nerves than hope.

Sanity is over-rated. It lacks color.

What’s more insane? Hearing imaginary voices? Or not hearing the real ones?

Guns are not the problem. The species is the problem.

Powell’s face appeared on screen. “It’s true, the doomsday crowd is a little crazy, ” she said, looking thoughtful. “But that doesn’t mean they’re wrong.

God exists. He has one wicked since of humor, and right now he’s having a grand old time punking the planet.

I killed a couple of people, ” Scooter said. “Wanna play cards?

You can scoff at opinions. You can reject hypotheses. You can discard theories out of hand. But you cannot reject the facts

John raised an eyebrow. “So you wouldn’t date someone like you?”“Oh, hell, no. I’m insane, but that would be nuts.

... in moments of crisis our thoughts do not run consecutively but rather sweep over us in waves or intuition and experience ...

I don't break down, " she announced. "Got it?"He got it. He was already pulling back, looking ashamed of himself, but somehow he was still holding her wrist."I never break down. I'm a lawyer.

He knew how intelligent men could be broken by the stupidity of their superiors, how weeks of patient work night and day could be cast aside by such a man

He had the nerve not to drink in a University where you proved your manhood by being drunk most of your first year.

You're all we have left of him.

The vertical manThough we value noneBut the horizontal one.

We are never going to get the results and take empowered action when our mindsets are in opposition to our desires

Somebody's been feeding the boy fables. Probably the king's niece. Humph. Nice girl. Too many romantic notions, though.

The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous

There comes a moment for all of us when our childhood ceases to be an excuse. In your case, I would say that, as with many English, the moment is somewhat delayed.

If walls could talk - scratch that, if walls could make sarcastic comments... well, things would be interesting.

Damnation is eternal. That’s the whole point. Otherwise, what good would it do you?

When the truth finally catches up to you, don't be a hero and run.

The onset of adulthood is an organic, creeping process. No one wakes up one day and decides, "Lo, on this day I shall forever put away childish things and begin clipping coupons to go to Wal-Mart.

one of those world builders who do othing but destroy,

There is no economic law that says that everyone, or even most people, automatically benefit from technological progress.

You know how they say that if you think you might be going crazy, it’s proof that you’re not? Well, it’s a lie. One of many they tell you about mental illness.

Choose your tempo, ” he whispered in her ear. “What?” “Fast and hard or slow and easy. Your tempo, your choice. You get to direct this symphony.

society is unconcerned with the aftermath of sensation.

Do you know what love is? I'll tell you: it is whatever you can still betray.

It’s so hard, ” Andy said. “When you don’t have anyone.”“Yeah, I know, ” Gerri agreed. “Yet it’s harder when you have the wrong one.

They might have you, and they pay badly enough to guarantee you decent company.

Short questions with long answers, my boy.

She had the experience to suffer with discretion.

I don't have an English accent because this is what English sounds like when spoken properly.

The Universe Always Has Your Back.

You've been treading water, " she said. "You're marking the years, not living them.

I now inhabit a life I don't deserve, but we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon

Some men will never be heroes, some heroes will never be men, he thought, with urgent acknowledgements to Joseph Conrad.

Maybe I was a bad kid. But I was also slowly turning to stone.

To dream in doctrines, how tidy!

People one doesn't care for, even dislike, make most of us feel uneasy when they appeal against their sentence.