Old Gobbo Quotes & Sayings

Do not fear the ghosts in this house; they
are the least of your worries.
Personally I find the noises they make reassuring,
The creaks and footsteps in the night,
their little tricks of hiding things,
or moving them, I find
endearing, not upsettling. It makes the place
feel so much more like a home.
Inhabited. — Neil Gaiman

Man hoards himself when he has nothing to give away. — Edward Dahlberg

A rebel adult often seems like a glorious savior, whereas a rebel child often seems like a little devil. — Criss Jami

Felt-tip markers, always a scarce resource even on Earth, became objects of great value as people used them to mark directions on the walls of hamster tubes and habitat modules. — Neal Stephenson

That's really sad," Beth said softly, "To have no one left. — R.J. Scott

God belongs to those who manage to get him. God appears when you're distracted. — Clarice Lispector

No matter how much I wanted all those things that I needed money to buy, there was some devilish current pushing me off in another direction
toward anarchy and poverty and craziness. That maddening delusion that a man can lead a decent life without hiring himself out as a Judas Goat. — Hunter S. Thompson

The joy of life is to put out one's power in some natural and useful or harmless way. There is no other. And the real misery is not to do this. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

{Lucy} knew other things too, more important non-school things. She knew that when grown-ups lowered their voices it meant you had to listen harder. — Jodi Picoult

You can't talk of the dangers of snake poisoning and not mention snakes. — C. Everett Koop

Could you get off like that without it? Without the chains?"
Without the absolute surrender. "No. And not without you. You more than any of it. — Manna Francis