"The best book I read in 2007 was Stoner by John Williams. It’s perhaps the best book I’ve read in years."

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Stephen Elliott

#Book Quotes #Years Quotes #Stoners Quotes

“When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and arguments. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding.”
“I have no regrets because I did everything by the book.”
“I wasn't much good. When I went into the line on a fake - I would holler 'I don't have it!'”
“Some people have concerns about what it means to leave our responsibilities to robots. I think to some degree in every family, you've got siblings who disagree over the care for their parents.”

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“She saw through the shell of me into the center of me”
“Punk is not dead. Punk will only die when corporations can exploit and mass produce it.”
“Beauty is about Accepting yourself for who you are. It's about feeling secure about yourself. It's about feeling so blessed everyday that we are given the chance to live. All those beautiful feeling and positive energy inside you, now that is what makes you beautiful.”
“Even if you disagree w/me-I HAVE TO STAND,like you FOR WHAT I BELIEVE IN.WITH ALL MY HEART AND MIND”

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