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> [“At the time, I thought this was just one of those vague things adults say to remind you that you're a kid who doesn't know what adults know. But it seemed now it was one of those specific things adults…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brock-clarke/at-the-time-i-thought-this-was-just-one-of-those-vague-things-adults/)

[Brock Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brock-clarke/)

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## More by Brock Clarke

> [“I didn't normally talk this way: but sometimes you have to pretend to be an innocent child to learn something about the complicated world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brock-clarke/i-didn-t-normally-talk-this-way-but-sometimes-you-have-to-pretend-to/)

[Brock Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brock-clarke/)

> [“Can a story be good only if it produces an effect? If the effect is a bad one, but intended, has the story done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brock-clarke/can-a-story-be-good-only-if-it-produces-an-effect-if-the-effect-is-a/)

[Brock Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brock-clarke/)

> [ “They \[my eyes\] immediately started to tear up, tears being your eyes' way of forbidding you to look away,of forcing you to look at… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brock-clarke/they-my-eyes-immediately-started-to-tear-up-tears-being-your-eyes-way/)

[Brock Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brock-clarke/)

> [“I think, that love endures, but that it isn't everything, and it isn't ever what we want it to be...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brock-clarke/i-think-that-love-endures-but-that-it-isn-t-everything-and-it-isn-t/)

[Brock Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brock-clarke/)

> [“When he did that, I didn't hate him anymore, I really didn't, and maybe this is why people do so many hateful things to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brock-clarke/when-he-did-that-i-didn-t-hate-him-anymore-i-really-didn-t-and-maybe/)

[Brock Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brock-clarke/)

> [“They looked at each other for a while their gazes steady, unblinking. It was the way people stare at each other not when they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brock-clarke/they-looked-at-each-other-for-a-while-their-gazes-steady-unblinking/)

[Brock Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brock-clarke/)

> [“When I was a boy, I would read those postcards and know exactly why my father was doing what he was doing: he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brock-clarke/when-i-was-a-boy-i-would-read-those-postcards-and-know-exactly-why-my/)

[Brock Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brock-clarke/)

> [“When we say we know something in our bones, we mean we don't know yet how we know what we know. This is what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brock-clarke/when-we-say-we-know-something-in-our-bones-we-mean-we-don-t-know-yet/)

[Brock Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brock-clarke/)

> [“After a dream like that, you're grateful that it was just a dream, that no matter how bad your actual life, it couldn't be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brock-clarke/after-a-dream-like-that-you-re-grateful-that-it-was-just-a-dream-that/)

[Brock Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brock-clarke/)

> [“I could hear the exasperation in her voice, so beautiful and familiar, but sad, too, like hearing church bells right before your funeral.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brock-clarke/i-could-hear-the-exasperation-in-her-voice-so-beautiful-and-familiar/)

[Brock Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brock-clarke/)

> [“I had what, I wanted, it was with me, in the room, including the room itself. Was it possible that we hear that voice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brock-clarke/i-had-what-i-wanted-it-was-with-me-in-the-room-including-the-room/)

[Brock Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brock-clarke/)

> [“In truth I was very pleased with myself and with my story and all that had happened in it. Because you can't help being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brock-clarke/in-truth-i-was-very-pleased-with-myself-and-with-my-story-and-all/)

[Brock Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brock-clarke/)

> [“But maybe this is what happens when you hate someone for so long: the person you hate dies, but the hate stays with you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brock-clarke/but-maybe-this-is-what-happens-when-you-hate-someone-for-so-long-the/)

[Brock Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brock-clarke/)

> [“The past comes back once and then it keeps coming back and coming back, not just one part of the past but all of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brock-clarke/the-past-comes-back-once-and-then-it-keeps-coming-back-and-coming/)

[Brock Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brock-clarke/)

> [“This was yet another good thing about drinking, of course: not that drinking made you forget things, but that it made it possible for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brock-clarke/this-was-yet-another-good-thing-about-drinking-of-course-not-that/)

[Brock Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brock-clarke/)

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