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title: "2 Conrad Quotes By Laird Barron"
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> [“Your father had other plans for you. Alas, his breakdown and untimely demise derailed everything he'd worked to accomplish. He would not approve of your quixotic pursuit of Imogene. She became embroiled in his vendetta with the forces of darkness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laird-barron/your-father-had-other-plans-for-you-alas-his-breakdown-and-untimely/)

[Laird Barron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laird-barron/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/078/laird-barron-17739_concision_your-father-had-other-plans-for-you-alas_1602862.jpg)

> [“Conrad might be on his way to achieving godhead and wouldn't that be a kick in the ass?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laird-barron/conrad-might-be-on-his-way-to-achieving-godhead-and-wouldn-t-that-be/)

[Laird Barron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laird-barron/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/542/laird-barron-17739_godhead_conrad-might-be-on-his-way-to-achieving_1727311.jpg)

## Other authors on Conrad

## More by Laird Barron

> [“When, you wonder, does Sarah go west and build her rambling mansion? Not yet. Soon, but not yet. First, her husband has to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laird-barron/when-you-wonder-does-sarah-go-west-and-build-her-rambling-mansion-not/)

[Laird Barron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laird-barron/)

> [“Like cobblestones, clouds formed a path that led down after the hidden sun, whose glow dyed the clouds a deep, purplish pink.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laird-barron/like-cobblestones-clouds-formed-a-path-that-led-down-after-the-hidden/)

[Laird Barron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laird-barron/)

> [“I cannot explain, nor must an artist defend his work or elucidate in such a way the reeling audience can fathom, brutes that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laird-barron/i-cannot-explain-nor-must-an-artist-defend-his-work-or-elucidate-in/)

[Laird Barron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laird-barron/)

> [A Pretty Mouth is a fine and stylish collection that pays homage to the tradition of the weird while blazing its own sinister mark.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laird-barron/a-pretty-mouth-is-a-fine-and-stylish-collection-that-pays-homage-to/)

[Laird Barron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laird-barron/)

> [“It grew steadily dimmer, God’s thumb on the dial.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laird-barron/it-grew-steadily-dimmer-god-s-thumb-on-the-dial/)

[Laird Barron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laird-barron/)

> [Horror is my motor. It gets to me on an animal level and satisfies my impulse toward scenario building.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laird-barron/horror-is-my-motor-it-gets-to-me-on-an-animal-level-and-satisfies-my/)

[Laird Barron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laird-barron/)

> [Pulver's skills as a post-Beat visionary are in rare form. A House of Hollow Wounds is a thrilling foray into the dark frontier of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laird-barron/pulver-s-skills-as-a-post-beat-visionary-are-in-rare-form-a-house-of/)

[Laird Barron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laird-barron/)

> [“The deepest cavern in the world is the human heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laird-barron/the-deepest-cavern-in-the-world-is-the-human-heart/)

[Laird Barron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laird-barron/)

> [“—Only fools and the dead never change their mind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laird-barron/only-fools-and-the-dead-never-change-their-mind/)

[Laird Barron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laird-barron/)

> [but art is not relative to perfection in any tangible sense. It is our coarse antennae trembling blindly as it traces the form of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laird-barron/but-art-is-not-relative-to-perfection-in-any-tangible-sense-it-is-our/)

[Laird Barron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laird-barron/)

> [“The whole political mess, the universal squalor, the essential pettiness of mankind oppressed him and he’d submerged himself in work and writing and books.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laird-barron/the-whole-political-mess-the-universal-squalor-the-essential/)

[Laird Barron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laird-barron/)

> [“When he looked through the scope it was as if the largest part of him dissolved and what remained was the kernel everything sprang…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laird-barron/when-he-looked-through-the-scope-it-was-as-if-the-largest-part-of-him/)

[Laird Barron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laird-barron/)

> [“Everyone is looking for the answer. They do not want to find the answer, trust me. Unfortunately, the answer will find them. Life—it’s like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laird-barron/everyone-is-looking-for-the-answer-they-do-not-want-to-find-the/)

[Laird Barron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laird-barron/)

> [Curiosity did not kill the cat all by itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laird-barron/curiosity-did-not-kill-the-cat-all-by-itself/)

[Laird Barron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laird-barron/)

> [THE TESTAMENT OF TALL EAGLE is myth-making of epic scope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laird-barron/the-testament-of-tall-eagle-is-myth-making-of-epic-scope/)

[Laird Barron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laird-barron/)

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