Garth Stein

...you have to reach for things beyond your grasp, or what is heaven for

— Garth Stein

But what is worse, smelling the roast and not feasting, or not smelling the roast at all?

— Garth Stein

“Pretend you are a dog like me and listen to other people rather than steal their stories.”

— Garth Stein

“What he offered me is not for me to keep, but for me to give to another.”

— Garth Stein

We had a good run, and now it’s over; what’s wrong with that?

— Garth Stein

“a true champion can accomplish things that a normal person would think impossible.”

— Garth Stein

That which is around me does not affect my mood; my mood affects that which is around me.

— Garth Stein

You should shine with all of your light all the time.

— Garth Stein

People speak of a will to live. They rarely speak of a will to die. Because people are afraid of death. Death…

— Garth Stein

“I’m sure my father was a terrier. Because terriers are problem solvers. They’ll do what you tell them, but only if it…

— Garth Stein

“we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought…

— Garth Stein

“Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves.”

— Garth Stein

“You’re scaring the dog,” Trish pointed out. She rarely called me by name. They do that in prisoner of war camps, I’ve…

— Garth Stein

“Know who is driving next to you. Any problems that may occur have ultimately been caused by you, because you are responsible…

— Garth Stein

“Such a simple concept, yet so true. That which we manifest is before us, we are the creators of our own destiny.”

— Garth Stein

“Your car goes where your eyes go. Simply another way of saying that which you manifest is before you.”

— Garth Stein

To be a champion, you must have no ego at all. You must not exist as a separate entity. You must give…

— Garth Stein

“I had always wanted to love Eve as Denny loved her, but I never had because I was afraid. She was my…

— Garth Stein

“Here’s why I will be a good person. Because I listen. I cannot speak so I listen very well. I never interrupt,…

— Garth Stein

“We were both satellites orbiting Denny’s sun, struggling for gravitational supremacy. Of course, she had the advantage of her tongue and her…

— Garth Stein

“Such a simple concept, yet so true: that which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny.…

— Garth Stein

In racing, they say that your car goes where your eyes go. The driver who cannot tear his eyes away from the…

— Garth Stein

“He never understood, as I did, what she meant when she said that medication would only mask the pain, not make it…

— Garth Stein

“People, if you pay attention to them, change the direction of one another’s conversations constantly. It’s like having a passenger in your…

— Garth Stein

“In Mongolia, when a dog dies, he is buried high in the hills so people cannot walk on his grave. The dog’s…

— Garth Stein

“Here's why I will be a good person. Because I listen. I cannot talk, so I listen very well. I never deflect…

— Garth Stein

This is something I'd heard him say before: getting angry at another driver for a driving incident is pointless. You need to…

— Garth Stein

“... Denny was in third place, behind two other cars. They drove past us, and when they came back around for the…

— Garth Stein

“I know the truth, and I will tell you now: He was admired, loved, cheered, honored, respected. In life as well as…

— Garth Stein

“What I have always liked best is when he talks about having no memory. No memory of things he'd done just a…

— Garth Stein

“I knew she had been right about her situation: while doctors are able to help many people, for her, they could only…

— Garth Stein

“Inside each of us resides the truth,” I began, “the absolute truth. But sometimes the truth is hidden in a hall of…

— Garth Stein

Your car goes where your eyes go. Lonliness is unable to survive without a willing host.

— Garth Stein

Sometimes I believe...Sometimes I really do believe.

— Garth Stein

“Children are not chattel. they cannot be given away or traded in the marketplace.”

— Garth Stein

“Yes: the race is long-to finish first, first you must finish. ~p206”

— Garth Stein

This is a rule of racing: No race has ever been won in the first corner; many have been lost there.

— Garth Stein

People and their rituals. They cling to things so hard sometimes.

— Garth Stein

“The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can overcome obstacles.”

— Garth Stein

“do not blame other people for being themselves, you will only be frustrated by it.”

— Garth Stein