Joe Quotes

I wonder if there are soft-spoken voices who deliver assignments to all of us in various times ... It is nice to think I have company-that others dance to the muted music I hear.

Bravery is the dead man’s virtue.

It was what you gave out that made a man, not what you got back.

The Bloody-Nine opened his mouth, and shrieked out all of his bottomless love and his endless hate in one long wail.

He had been a demon for just two days, but the time when he knew what it was like to be loved seemed to exist in a hazily recalled past, to have been left behind long ago.

Why am I not good at anything?""You're a good dad.""It ain't rocket science."No, Vic thought. It was harder.

Hurray', shouted Glokta. 'Porridge again!'He looked over at the motionless Practical. 'Porridge and honey, better than money, everything's funny, with porridge and honey!

It's like in the Bible.You can't always get what you want, but if you really need something, you usually find it.""What part of the Bible is that from?" Ig asked her. "The Gospel of Keith Richards?

Doubt not your purpose nor your strength.

Death and ruin is man's preferred ecosystem.

God is an idea, the devil is us.

Don't tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value.

I wasn't built to look the other way because the law demanded it. The law might be wrong.

...but God fears woman even more than He fears the devil -and is right to. She, with her power to bring life into the world, was truly made in the image of the Creator, not man...

His core business still is self-promotion.

The only competition in art is the search for truth. No matter who gets there first, we all win.

Part of what makes him (laid-back Tim Hudson)an ace is that he would never acknowledge that he is an ace.

Kids always think they're coming into a story at the beginning, when usually they're coming in at the end.

You have to be grateful for the small things, when any minute might be your last.

There are just two directions in life, the one which is safe but boring, and the other which is delicate but exciting. Now ask yourself, which path will you go?

Happiness is a choice, because being so much blessed doesn't make you happy, contentment does.

Her voice had suddenly jumped a couple of social classes to underline her ownership status.

I'm sorry to bother you, " she whispered. "When I get excited about a movie I want to talk. I can't help it.

Because, of course, it wouldn't do to just talk to her. She had spoken to him in flashes of daylight, and he felt he ought to reply in kind.

I can live without you. I just don’t wish to.” ~ Joe

Becoming a writer is a polite way of saying you've chosen alcoholism as a career.

Commercial fiction writing – where my bread is buttered – is fairly straightforward. The writing is simply efficiency and story. The more you have of one the less you need of the other.

My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn't how many times or how hard he got knocked down, but how fast he got back up.

Let us not be bored

Maybe every once in a while we can take a break from doing everything faster and quicker to reflect on who we are and where we are going.

Your current life is the result of your previous choices, if you want something different, begin to choose differently.

He'd possessed all the key elements of a school shooter: hormones, misery, ammunition. People wondered how something like Columbine could happen. Jude wondered why it didn't happen more often.

The night had a nearly liquid quality, was like sliding into a warm swimming pool, a pool filled with buoyant darkenss instead of water.

People are like stars in the night sky, all are not equal, but still, everyone shines.

A bowl of diligence and perseverance, a cup of faith and a pinch of inspiration mixed with a spoon of contentment are the ingredients of a delicious success. Cook yours well.

The lucky ones died in the blasts. They were spared the fate of starvation, cannibalism, rape and slaughter. Where a man could be killed over half-eaten can of corn.

Only the wrong survive.

It was an undemanding job both physically and mentally, which was fine. Stress was for the rich and hard-working.

In many homes, technology meant to illuminate the mind ends up only illuminating the living room.

... Melissa better not turn her back on her because nothing sums up crazy as much as a fat woman in love.

‎"If there is no discipline, there is anarchy. Good citizenship demands attention to responsibilities as well as rights.

I think you must make a few [mistakes]. Of you don't, you're probably thinking too much. That's the worst mistake you can make.

When you're in hell, only a devil can point the way out.

Someone probably a lot smarter than me said hell is other people. I say you're in hell when you don't give to someone who needs, because you can't bear to have less.

I want a chance to do it all again. To do it… right.

You loved me as hard as you knew how. I'd give anything to go back and love you better...

Isn't it weird how people grow up when you're not looking?

The older I get the more mixed up life seems. When you're little, it's all so plain. It's all laid out like a game ready to play. You think you know exactly how it's going to go. But things happen...

You don't grow up, she reasoned now, until you begin to evaluate yourself, to recognize your good traits and acknowledge that you have a few faults.

Ask not what your Joe Montaperto can do for you, but rather what YOU can do for your Joe Montaperto.