All Garth Stein Quotes
- He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to… Body
- There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose. Afraid
- This is a rule of racing: No race has ever been won in the first corner; many have been lost there. Been
- I had always wanted to love Eve as Denny loved her, but I never had because I was afraid. She was my rain. She was… Afraid
- When I return to the world, I will be a man. I will walk among you. I will lick my lips with my small, dexterous… All
- We had a good run, and now it’s over; what’s wrong with that? Funny
- The car goes where the eyes go. Car
- To live every day as if it had been stolen from death, that is how I would like to live. To feel the joy of… Alive
- Sometimes I believe...Sometimes I really do believe. Believe
- People and their rituals. They cling to things so hard sometimes. Cling
- I suddenly realized. The zebra. It is not something outside of us. The zebra is something inside of us. Our fears. Our own self-destructive nature.… Demon
- Inside each of us resides the truth, I began, the absolute truth. But sometimes the truth is hidden in a hall of mirrors. Sometimes we… Absolute
- We too, must shatter the mirrors. We must look in to ourselves and root out the distortions until that thing which we know in our… Distortion
- Those monkey-thumbs were meant for dogs. Give me my thumbs, you fu**ing monkeys! Dog
- ...you have to reach for things beyond your grasp, or what is heaven for Beyond
- And it is clear to Evan, now: the difference between what is and what has been done; the present and the past. He sees that… Based
- So what if man's body evolved from the monkeys? Whether he came from monkeys or fish is unimportant. The important idea is that when the… Became
- [T]he race is long - to finish first, first you must finish. Finish
- The human language, as precise as it is with its thousands of words, can still be so wonderfully vague. Human
- In Seattle we live among the trees and the waterways, and we feel we are rocked gently in the cradle of life. Our winters are… Among