Ian Caldwell

The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong.

— Ian Caldwell

The only things people can ever know about you are the ones that you let them see

— Ian Caldwell

“Time is what disperses us.”

— Ian Caldwell

“With that in mind, I try to imagine the greatest gift I could've given my father. And as sleep descends on me,…

— Ian Caldwell

Never invest yourself in anything so deeply that its failure could cost you your happiness.

— Ian Caldwell

“Hope, Paul said to me once, which whispered from Pandora's box only after all the other plagues and sorrows had escaped, is…

— Ian Caldwell

Perfection is the natural consequence of eternity: wait long enough, and anything will realize its potential. Coal becomes diamonds, sand becomes pearls,…

— Ian Caldwell

A son is a promise that time makes to a man,the guarantee every father receives that whatever he holds dear will someday…

— Ian Caldwell

“They could never quite reconcile themselves to the idea that our lives don't follow the dramatic arc that a good author gives…

— Ian Caldwell

“Hope...which is whispered from Pandora's box only after all the other plagues and sorrows had escaped, is the best and last of…

— Ian Caldwell

Two people who think they're in love can find out, when left alone, exactly how little they know about each other.

— Ian Caldwell

“The magic of Paul’s intelligence is that he has more patience than anyone I’ve ever met, and with it he simply wears…

— Ian Caldwell

Adulthood it a glacier encroaching quietly on youth. When it arrives, the stamp of childhood suddenly freezes, capturing us for good in…

— Ian Caldwell

“Inde fernut, titidem qui vivere debeat annos, corpre de patrio parvum phenica renasci' It's from Ovid. It means, 'A little phoenix is…

— Ian Caldwell

Time is the guy at the amusement park who paints shirts with an airbrush. He sprays out the color in a fine…

— Ian Caldwell

“What a strange thing, to build a castle in the air. We made a friendship out of nothing, because nothing was the…

— Ian Caldwell

“...Because every desire has its proper object...people spend their lives wanting things the shouldn't. The world confuses them into taking heir love…

— Ian Caldwell

“His intelligence was relentless and wild, a fire even he couldn't control. It swallowed entire books at a sitting, finding flaws in…

— Ian Caldwell

“Leanoardo wrote that a painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except…

— Ian Caldwell

“Hope,... which whispered from Pandora's box after all the other plagues and sorrows had escaped, is the best and last of all…

— Ian Caldwell

“just need some time to think,” I say. “I’ll call you tomorrow.” I hesitate. “I’m sorry about tonight.” Before she can answer,…

— Ian Caldwell

Like all things in the universe, we are destined from birth to diverge. Time is simply the yard-stick of our separation. If…

— Ian Caldwell