Chris Nicolaisen Quotes & Sayings

You want to know the secret to raising good kids?"
"What's that? asked Thomas.
"High expectations."
Thomas laughed. "Alright, well what's the secret to a happy marriage?"
Clyde smiled back, but his face started to fall, and he chose his words carefully. " ... Low expectations. — Chris Nicolaisen

It takes a day to fall in love and a lifetime to forget. — Chris Nicolaisen

Thomas had never seen anything like her in his life, and he knew, with a beautiful sort of sadness, that he never would again. — Chris Nicolaisen

Their faces were contorted with a horror only known to those who have silenced their consciences. — Chris Nicolaisen

Jane wondered why small-minded people often form such large groups as she made her way home. — Chris Nicolaisen

I need a seatbelt on an airplane like a hole in the head, thought Jane, as she smiled back. — Chris Nicolaisen

Scars are something of a body's memoir. — Chris Nicolaisen

It was as hard to be a Norwegian in 1881 as it was to be an American in 1770. Perhaps even harder, as Norway was far from a young nation. — Chris Nicolaisen

The years of his life had not been gentle, and there was something untamable about him; his eyes seemed to say everything and nothing at all, almost as if they spoke a dying language few could appreciate or even understand. — Chris Nicolaisen