Thomas King famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Tears streamed down my face as I crossed the finish line. I was a new person, a runner.
-- Thomas King

#Running #Tears #Lines
Land. If you understand nothing else about the history of Indians in North America, you need to understand that the question that really matters is the question of land.
-- Thomas King

#America #Land #Matter
Eden Robinson is one of those rare artists who comes to writing with a skill and maturity that has taken the rest of us decades to achieve.
-- Thomas King

#Taken #Writing #Artist
The truth about stories is, that's all we are.
-- Thomas King

#Stories
There are no truths. Only stories.
-- Thomas King

#Stories
Stories are wondrous things. And they are dangerous.
-- Thomas King

#Stories #Dangerous
I learned very quickly that to be angry about something does not mean anybody's gonna listen to you.
-- Thomas King

#Mean #Doe #Angry
If we change the stories we live by, quite possibly we change our lives
-- Thomas King

#Stories #Live By

The movie, like the book before it, is an expertly built machine for the mass production of tears. Directed by Josh Boone ('Stuck in Love') with scrupulous respect for John Green's best-selling young-adult novel, the film sets out to make you weep -- not just sniffle or choke up a little, but sob until your nose runs and your face turns blotchy. It succeeds.
When the guy says go, you start to suffer - or you might as well not be out there. It's a small piece of your life, make it hurt.
I feel it was just a few years ago I was running around in short pants
I used to wanna rap like Jay-Z, Now I feel I could run laps around Jay-Z, Nas ain't seen nothing this nasty, B.I.G. & Pac got it coming when I pass too. You got the mic, I ain't the one you wanna pass to
I might cry tomorrow, but I may be smiling the day after. That's enough. That's the way life is. If I don't lose hope - tomorrow will come.ï¿½Tomorrow will come if we don't lose hope... I learned that from Nana.ï¿½But rainy days still make my cheeks wet with tears, even now. It was pouring, on that rainy day.
If my tears spilled spontaneously at that moment itâ€™s because I immediately understood that what was happening, like in a dream, was the treat you had prepared for me I felt your friendship much stronger than if you had thanked me a million times that what pleased and touched me.
I dont drive around London much. Any journey around Islington involves hundreds of speed bumps that seem to tear the bottom of your car off.
In that moment it dawned on me that everything has to line up perfectly for something to turn out this awful.
To line only for some unknown future is superficial.
You have to color outside the lines once in a while if you want to make your life a masterpiece.

Thomas King famous quotes

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