Chris Crutcher Quotes
Top 53 wise famous quotes and sayings by Chris Crutcher
Chris Crutcher Famous Quotes & Sayings
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He goes for people's open wounds, then brings God in with air support. You have to agree, there's a certain cowardice to that approach.
A student asked me recently why somebody always dies in my books. I said, because somebody is always dying in my life.
Athletics carries its own set of truths, and those truths are diminished when manipulated by people with agendas.
If we are to stop bullying in schools, we have to start with teachers and administrators. If we want to stop it, we have to stop it.
He tries to force the anger down, but it's like an anvil on his chest. He closes his eyes, like Sammy taught him, and forces the anvil up; he softens.
We can say we love each other if my life is better because you're in it and your life is better because I'm in it.
The frustration for a parent is that you might be available all the time, but the kid may approach you only about 10% of the time.
I think most of us tell ourselves we don't want what we think we can't have just to make life bearable.
You put yourself out there in the truest way you can and hope others do the same. You'll connect or you won't, but you did what you could.
When you're different, on the down side, you learn to live from one scarce rich moment to the next, no matter the distance between.
Sarah Byrnes was home with Lemery and safe from her father. I knew i didnt have to protect her anymore now that she is with someone I trust.
What I hope we can learn is to be aware of how our beliefs color what we see. I wanted to tell Brittain that Lemry was trying
He knew that we take what the universe gives us, and we either get the most out of it or we don't, but in the end we all go out the same way.
Racist thought and action says far more about the person they come from than the person they are directed at.
The longer I wait the more reasons I can think of why it means something other than what I thought it meant when I first read it.
As much as we'd like to think life is sacred, there's not a lot of evidence for that. The universe is maddeningly casual, giving and taking it.
It seems to me if you don't know anything about child development you shouldn't intimate in your 'reporting' that you do.
I can't think of a subject that is taboo for me, unless it's one I simply don't know anything about.
Sometimes I wish I could have religion their way. You know, no responsibilities in life but to cut down people who don't think the way you do.
Man with Brain the Size of Tic Tac Mates with Amoeba Couple gives birth to giant adjusto; names him Dale
I figure if those things were in God's jurisdiction, he'd do something different about them. But they aren't. Those are in our jurisdiction.
I have no personal agenda in whether or not a library keeps 'Whale Talk' or 'Athletic Shorts' or any of my books shelved.
If you're writing about angry people, you use the language of anger. If you're writing about desperate people, you use the language of desperation.
Tonight sometime the full reality will dawn on him, but he's like me: the guy you want at the site where the plane went down.
My first book, 'Running Loose', was censored back in 1983 or '84. Every book I've written since has been censored somewhere.