Hatke Quotes & Sayings

Irish writing is so strong that it can feel like the country has all been covered, but in fact, there are so many gaps. The small west of Ireland cities and the working classes there have almost never appeared in Irish literature, simply because those communities were never in the way of producing books. — Kevin Barry

He broke me down past the flesh, past the muscle, past the bone, down to my soul and in a loud provocation, he asked, "What are you made of?"
After I gathered the broken bits and pieces of my life together, I shouted at the top of my lungs, "HOPE! Unbreakable, undeniable, irrevocable hope! — Jay Grewal

The only way I could endure being a coward was if I was the only one who knew it. — Pat Conroy

When we set goals we are in command. If we know where we are going, we can judge more accurately where we are now and make effective plans to reach our destination. — Ezra Taft Benson

Things that upset a terrier may pass virtually unnoticed by a Great Dane. — Smiley Blanton

Bringing a novel to light - revealing the form and cadence, shadows and demeanor of a protagonist constructed from thin air - linking scenes and synchronicity across translucent time - holding up a glass brimming with chilled, never-tasted liquid, then sipping from it with intoxicated focus - allowing lovers to make a perilous mess of things, fall apart and nakedly come back together again - looking through conjured windows deep into someone else's snow-bound solitude, feeling utterly alone yet being all-connected: this is not writing. It's world-creating.

It's raw, exposed dreaming. It's humbling. At first too personal and intimate to share, it evolves like a child into a life of its own until I have no say in what comes next.

It's what I wake at 4am to say Yes to, the spinning possibility of a new story relentlessly commanding me to write it down so it can whirl in your experience. — Laurie Perez

Most of these love triangles are wrecktangles. — Jacob Braude

I was aware that on my skill as a painter would depend the physical and moral possession of the model ... — Paul Gauguin

Not all monsters were three-ton reptiles with poisonous breath. Many wore human faces. — Rick Riordan

I am One. I value my uniqueness. If there were more like me I would hope they were small and easy to destroy. — Ben Hatke

Parents begin by loving their children; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them. — Sol Stein