“People fear what they don't understand and hate what they can't conquer.” — Andrew Smith Fear Copy Share Image
“The same words that make the horrible things come also tell the quieter things about love.” — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“You know, if they ever gave a Nobel Prize for avoiding work, every year some white guy in Iowa would get a… — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“Santa Claus is a lie but if you think that's bad, check out what 'fuck' really means.” — Andrew Smith Christmas Copy Share Image
“We killed this big hairy thing and that big hairy thing. And that was our day. You know what I mean.” — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“I once heard a tobacco-chewing hog farmer say that, in Iowa, folks like to spread out their children like dog shit on… — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“But when I was quiet...that made words too. The same words that make horrible things come also tell the quieter things about… — Andrew Smith Love Copy Share Image
“We made this stupid rule and this stupid rule. Boys are not allowed to love each other. Then we painted a bison… — Andrew Smith Bison Copy Share Image
“Here are five bullets for the boys on the boat. Here is one more for the saint.” — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“Note to self: In your prayers tonight, be sure to thank God for making (a) that unbelievably hot nurse, (b) compression shorts,… — Andrew Smith Lord Copy Share Image
“Well, if I'm going to get beat up for being queer, at least I'd like to know one time what it feels… — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“Was Apollo worth all the effort and expense? If it had been about the Moon, the answer would be no, but it… — Andrew Smith Apollo Copy Share Image
“I was going to do something I'd never done, and see things I could not understand and never believed existed. This is… — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“Had (President) Kennedy turned to his advisers and wailed, "What can we beat the Russians at?" and if someone had cried "Backgammon!"… — Andrew Smith Moon Copy Share Image
“When I think about my life, I'm always thinking, 'I hope I live long enough to do all the stories I know.'… — Andrew Smith Hope Copy Share Image
“When you think about it, the universe is nothing but this vast knackery of churning black holes and exploding stars, constantly free… — Andrew Smith Astronomy Copy Share Image
“I love how, whenever you tell me a story, you go backwards and forwards and tell me everything else that could possibly… — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“Hungry Jack’s real name was Charles R. Hoofard. He was born in Indianapolis in 1950. In 1950, Harry S. Truman was president… — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“When I review my travels among the astronauts, my mind's eye goes first to the Houston shopping mall where Alan Bean sat… — Andrew Smith Astronauts Copy Share Image
“It was warm, and outside the sound of insects in the night was electric. The music sounded better than anything I'd ever… — Andrew Smith Music Copy Share Image
“And then it's always that one word that makes you so different and puts you outside the overlap of everyone else; and… — Andrew Smith Words Copy Share Image
“You know, nothing ever goes back exactly the way it was. Things just expand and contract. Like the universe, like breathing. But… — Andrew Smith Breathing Copy Share Image
“To me, hearing that those girls gave my brother Eric a blow job sounded very nice. History shows that all boys consider… — Andrew Smith Air conditioner Copy Share Image
“Here is what the end of the world looks like: It looks like a child running out into the road, eyes focused… — Andrew Smith Apocalypse Copy Share Image
“The one sure thing about Marbury is that it’s a horrible place. But so is right here, too. And there’s certain benefit… — Andrew Smith Good and evil Copy Share Image
“People fear what they can not understand and what they can not control.” — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“I thought about words - like words in books - and how just saying them made things real.” — Andrew Smith Books Copy Share Image
“And then I wondered, does cussing count in the general scheme of things if you only cuss in your head and not… — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
