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> [“everything can work out fine if you just plant your feet on the ground and look straight ahead. Nothing is a tragedy unless you buy it a suit of clothes and give it a free meal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-clegg/everything-can-work-out-fine-if-you-just-plant-your-feet-on-the/)

[Douglas Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-clegg/)

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## More by Douglas Clegg

> [“Old Marsh wore a look of sorrow upon his face. “You called him, miss. You called him. You must send him back now. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-clegg/old-marsh-wore-a-look-of-sorrow-upon-his-face-you-called-him-miss-you/)

[Douglas Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-clegg/)

> [“Death is a gift, so long as it is nature’s hand.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-clegg/death-is-a-gift-so-long-as-it-is-nature-s-hand/)

[Douglas Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-clegg/)

> [“Death has a price, and all who bargain with the dead must pay it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-clegg/death-has-a-price-and-all-who-bargain-with-the-dead-must-pay-it/)

[Douglas Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-clegg/)

> [“I understood, then, where his madness had come from: He, too, had experienced the loss of the good and the victory of the evil.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-clegg/i-understood-then-where-his-madness-had-come-from-he-too-had/)

[Douglas Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-clegg/)

> [“He thought he could hear the hum of the universe as he sat there. The airwaves of God, maybe, that kept the whole lunatic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-clegg/he-thought-he-could-hear-the-hum-of-the-universe-as-he-sat-there-the/)

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> [“We kill, kill, kill. Flesh, spirit, whatever gets in our way. It's like our whole purpose is to extinguish life. And for those who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-clegg/we-kill-kill-kill-flesh-spirit-whatever-gets-in-our-way-it-s-like-our/)

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> [Victory is freedom of mind and body.' I believe that is true. I would go further and say that victory is freedom of mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-clegg/victory-is-freedom-of-mind-and-body-i-believe-that-is-true-i-would-go/)

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> [“It is more magnificent than what I thought heaven might be, and yet it is all of its wonder, as well.” ... "Iris, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-clegg/it-is-more-magnificent-than-what-i-thought-heaven-might-be-and-yet-it/)

[Douglas Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-clegg/)

> [“But he was exhausted, too, and not even feeling as if he were alive. Inside him, it felt as if something brilliant, some fire,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-clegg/but-he-was-exhausted-too-and-not-even-feeling-as-if-he-were-alive/)

[Douglas Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-clegg/)

> [“everything can work out fine if you just plant your feet on the ground and look straight ahead. Nothing is a tragedy unless you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-clegg/everything-can-work-out-fine-if-you-just-plant-your-feet-on-the/)

[Douglas Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-clegg/)

> [“He put his hand over my mouth. His hand felt warm, full of blood, the hand of a living man. “Death is a gift,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-clegg/he-put-his-hand-over-my-mouth-his-hand-felt-warm-full-of-blood-the/)

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> [You know, my basic theory about kids: they are monsters in children ziploc suits, which they discard when they go to school each day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-clegg/you-know-my-basic-theory-about-kids-they-are-monsters-in-children/)

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> [“He was too damned innocent. Homer wished he could keep Tad at this point, bonsai him to never grow up, to never have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-clegg/he-was-too-damned-innocent-homer-wished-he-could-keep-tad-at-this/)

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> [“Never go in, miss. Never say a prayer at its door. If you are angry, do not seek revenge by the Laughing Maiden stone,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-clegg/never-go-in-miss-never-say-a-prayer-at-its-door-if-you-are-angry-do/)

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> [Sometimes, they wait. Sometimes, you see the dead come in to the harbor, and their old dogs are all along the docks, wagging their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-clegg/sometimes-they-wait-sometimes-you-see-the-dead-come-in-to-the-harbor/)

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