Jon Courtenay Grimwood Quotes

#1. The answer was no, whatever her query was, except for those bits to which his answer was yes - Author: Jon Courtenay Grimwood

#2. All beauty, according to Lady Katchatka, had its origins in pain. - Author: Jon Courtenay Grimwood

#3. No one could tie you tighter than you could tie yourself and it was the ropes you couldn't see that bound you tightest. - Author: Jon Courtenay Grimwood

#4. He was just one of those people ... one of a thousand expats who'd dragged their unhappiness to the other side of the world, expecting everything to be different, and never quite got over the fact it felt the same. - Author: Jon Courtenay Grimwood

#5. It followed that every act, whether the finding of a new proof for a complex mathematical problem or a twist of vision that turned one school of art into another was a result of endless failure. - Author: Jon Courtenay Grimwood

#6. We die every day," Kit said. "It's called being human. - Author: Jon Courtenay Grimwood

#7. Geoff Nelder inhabits Science Fiction the way other people inhabit their clothes. - Author: Jon Courtenay Grimwood

#8. There were old firemasters and bad firemasters; there were no old bad firemasters - Author: Jon Courtenay Grimwood

#9. Half of Japan still couldn't tell the difference between crime and politics. - Author: Jon Courtenay Grimwood

#10. No one owns you, I know that. No one owns me. No one owns anyone. We just get to borrow each for a while. - Author: Jon Courtenay Grimwood

#11. Unfortunately, since there was only one of him, most of his riches were wasted. - Author: Jon Courtenay Grimwood

#12. That opening position in every negotiation. The one that said, out of the goodness of my heart I'm going to agree to rob you blind. - Author: Jon Courtenay Grimwood

#13. She was herself, the original. Everyone else was just a copy. - Author: Jon Courtenay Grimwood