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title: "1 Sobering Quotes By James Robertson"
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> [“Walking through a deserted city in the hours before dawn is sobering way beyond the undoing of the effects of alcohol. Every thing is familiar, and everything is strange. It's as if you are the only survivor of some mysterious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/walking-through-a-deserted-city-in-the-hours-before-dawn-is-sobering/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

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## More by James Robertson

> [Trust the story ... the storyteller may dissemble and deceive, the story can't: the story can only ever be itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/trust-the-story-the-storyteller-may-dissemble-and-deceive-the-story/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [The dead hand has too long hampered the freedom of the living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/the-dead-hand-has-too-long-hampered-the-freedom-of-the-living/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [The wide world was changing, and she wanted a different place in it. Not just wanted, but felt she deserved. If the world didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/the-wide-world-was-changing-and-she-wanted-a-different-place-in-it/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [I prefer the pen. There is something elemental about the glide and flow of nib and ink on paper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/i-prefer-the-pen-there-is-something-elemental-about-the-glide-and/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [“But I do like Scotland. I like the miserable weather. I like the miserable people, the fatalism, the negativity, the violence that's always just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/but-i-do-like-scotland-i-like-the-miserable-weather-i-like-the/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [There is something hugely civilised about allowing long pauses in a conversation. Very few people can stand that kind of silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/there-is-something-hugely-civilised-about-allowing-long-pauses-in-a/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [Our ability to look back on the past, our need or desire to make sense of it, is both a blessing and a curse;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/our-ability-to-look-back-on-the-past-our-need-or-desire-to-make-sense/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [ \[M\]ost people go through life a wee bit disappointed in themselves. I think we all keep a memory of a moment when we missed… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/m-ost-people-go-through-life-a-wee-bit-disappointed-in-themselves-i/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [It might be tough, but my dad used to say, tough times don't last — tough people do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/it-might-be-tough-but-my-dad-used-to-say-tough-times-don-t-last-tough/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [“People think we didn't have theatres in Scotland for centuries because the Church suppressed them. Well, perhaps. But you could also argue that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/people-think-we-didn-t-have-theatres-in-scotland-for-centuries/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [There's a perception that British pies suffer from mediocrity, and historically they have. We're trying to re-educate people about what pie is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/there-s-a-perception-that-british-pies-suffer-from-mediocrity-and/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [“Walking through a deserted city in the hours before dawn is sobering way beyond the undoing of the effects of alcohol. Every thing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/walking-through-a-deserted-city-in-the-hours-before-dawn-is-sobering/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [When we're in the story, when we're part of it, we can't know the outcome. It's only later that we think we can see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/when-we-re-in-the-story-when-we-re-part-of-it-we-can-t-know-the/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [No one can say I didn't pay my dues in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/no-one-can-say-i-didn-t-pay-my-dues-in-life/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [On the clarity of your ideas depends the scope of your success in any endeavor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/on-the-clarity-of-your-ideas-depends-the-scope-of-your-success-in-any/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

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