All N.D. Wilson Quotes
- In the history of the world there have been lots of onces and lots of times, and every time has had a once upon it.… All
- Tom had traveled around the sun eleven times when the delivery truck brought his mother's newest fridge, but a number doesn't really describe his age. Age
- After three years down here, I've not learned too much. But one thing I do know is that our bellies aren't big enough for revenge.… Bellies
- Imagine a poem written with such enormous three-dimensional words that we had to invent a smaller word to reference each of the big ones; that… Attempt
- Sometimes standing against evil is more important than defeating it. The greatest heroes stand because it is right to do so, not because they believe… Believe
- Self-loathing and self-worship can easily be the same thing. You hate the small sack of fluids and resentments that you are, and you would go… Any
- What I say is, don't go playing unless you can win. Only sit down to chess with idiots, only kick a dog what's dead already,… Chess
- Kansas is not easily impressed. It has seen houses fly and cattle soar. When funnel clouds walk through the wheat, big hail falls behind. As… Behind
- Do not resent your place in the story. Do not imagine yourself elsewhere. Do not close your eyes and picture a world without thorns, without… Better
- In this story, the sun moves. In this story, every night meets a dawn and burns away in the bright morning. In this story, Winter… All
- Narrative living is the beginning of rhetoric. Beginning
- Hold your tongue if you'd like to keep it." - Jaques Funny
- The moon was up, painting the world silver, making things look just a little more alive. Alive
- Caves and darkness can't hold you when you die, they can only hold your bones. Bones
- Your father died for me, and dying with you would be an honor, though not as great as dying to save you. Died
- Going where no man has gone before is more difficult than it sounds. Our cousins and ancestors were no less curious than we are, and… Ancestor
- Here Spring just grows and greens and warms, spreading life, wrapping us in her arms, until suddenly we realize that she's not a girl anymore.… Anymore
- Your life is your own, your glory is your glory, but you will lose it if you keep it for yourself. Grasp it for the… Glory
- The world is rated R, and no one is checking IDs. Do not try to make it G by imagining the shadows away. Do not… Bellies
- Writer's block — so what? Write something bad. Just throw it in the trash can when you're done, you're always improving. That kind of writing… Always Improving