Jim Dodge Quotes & Sayings
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Famous Quotes By Jim Dodge
it's hard enough separating the good stuff from the bullshit without adding to the whole mess by wanting to know what you ain't gonna know. — Jim Dodge
I wanted someone to hold me close so I slide across and snuggled in tight and said, 'Hold me.' He did, and it was tender and truly sweet, but without a trace of that wild carnal edge you would have to cross if you want to get so close together you can't tell each other apart.
I pushed it. I said, 'I want to get closer. I want you to love who I am.' Love doesn't do much for the powers of explanation, but since Love has never asked for one itself, that seems fair enough. — Jim Dodge
The mind is the shadow of the light it seeks. — Jim Dodge
you're a mess now, but you'll be laughing about it in fifty years. — Jim Dodge
He wasn't the least bit disturbed that his intuition was wrong: intuition often missed, sometimes spectacularly, but when it connected it saved so much time that the spirit leaped forward ... and, of course, there was no use denying the basic human delight in being right the first time. — Jim Dodge
Anarchy doesn't mean out of control; it means out of their control. — Jim Dodge
most reviews are written by morons about morons. sensibility is at a premium in american culture these days. — Jim Dodge
After lunch Tiny returned to his fence work while Granddaddy and Fup repaired to the porch to sip a little Death Whisper, be still, and generally consider the drift of things. (55) — Jim Dodge
Why are the ones who are too good to be true always being true to someone else? — Jim Dodge
It seems almost inherent in human beings that when you are thriving for a certain level of spirituality, you tend to reject clothes, and the implied need to hide yourself. — Jim Dodge
Let's get really fucked up and full of sentimental despair and then finally decide life, despite every heartbreak and anguished cry, is worth each pulse and breath. — Jim Dodge
It just ain't possible to explain some things. It's interesting to wonder on them and do some speculation, but the main thing is you have to accept it-take it for what it is, and get on with your growing. — Jim Dodge
...I don't rightly know. It just ain't possible to explain some things, maybe even most things. It's interesting to wonder on them and do some speculation, but the main thing is you have to accept it - take it for what it is, and get on with your getting." (91) — Jim Dodge
You desire to tame everything, but if you just stand still and feel for a moment you would know how everything yearns to be wild. — Jim Dodge
a national government is bad enough, but this administration is the largest collection of scoundrels and morons in recent memory. — Jim Dodge
Fuck fashion in the face of need, and fuck it anyway just on good general principles. — Jim Dodge