Exley Quotes

#1. Work ethic and this determination is all part of escaping the depressive side. Of course I'm manic depressive, maybe not to the degree that Exley was, but I think all writers are. There are highs and lows. Look at David Foster Wallace.

T.C. Boyle

#2. I hate you, wardrobe. But here is what's going to happen. I will close the doors, say a magic word, open the doors, and you will present me with a suitable evening gown.
Work, dammit.

A.W. Exley

#3. If it comes at all, Emerson has cautioned that one's call might not come for years. If it doesn't, he remarks it as only a reflection of the universe's faith in one's abstinence, nothing to move the heart to fret

Frederick Exley

#4. The book didn't want to be copied?
I should introduce it to the house that doesn't want any occupants.

A.W. Exley

#5. Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled This could change your life.

Helen Exley

#6. Music is the voice of all sorrow, all joy. It needs no translation.

Helen Exley

#7. Time to release the kraken, Mr Fenton,

A.W. Exley

#8. The average dog has one request to all humankind. Love me.

Helen Exley

#9. she was close; a spot to one side called to her. The hairs on the backs of

A.W. Exley

#10. do you tell if someone is immortal?" she whispered. "You kill them, and see if they get up again," he answered, always pragmatic.

A.W. Exley

#11. Designing for children carries a social responsibility beyond bright colors and scaled-down furnishings that only perceptive and informed grown-ups can understand.

Sharon Exley

#12. was a quick learner. If Zeb was running, everyone should be running.

A.W. Exley

#13. I maimed you when I was only a child. Touch me now, and I'll kill you." She turned her back to him, and holding her head high, she strode out to the balcony. Conversation rose behind her. The

A.W. Exley

#14. She extracted a card from amongst her ample decollete and held it out toward Cara.

This is starting to feel like a bizarre treasure hunt, following clues written on little cards." [Cara thought]

A.W. Exley

#15. A bear teaches us that if the heart is true, it doesn't matter much if an ear drops off.

Helen Exley

#16. She forgot the small detail of the business she wanted to engage him on. She enjoyed saying no to him, repeatedly. Refusal was probably a new experience for him, too, but it was hard to tell.

A.W. Exley

#17. Thank all the people in the world who are always 10% kinder than they need to be.

Helen Exley

#18. Then he lost all coherence and began a hysterical giggle, compounded with a slight twitch and very pronounced emission of saliva from his mouth. When he finally fell silent, the stillness was of that horrified kind that follows a fart in a Methodist church.

Frederick Exley

#19. looked up, a frown on his face. "That was a necessity. Our wardrobe needed defending from all the girls hiding in it." Allie struggled to control her growing laughter. "Do tell, do you suffer many girls hiding in your furniture?

A.W. Exley

#20. was something in the silence, aroma, and presence of the books that soothed an ache deep in her soul. A

A.W. Exley

#21. In football a man was asked to do a difficult and brutal job, and he either did it or got out.

Frederick Exley

#22. Books were my escape, they transported me to other worlds without step-mothers.

A.W. Exley

#23. Listening now, it occured to me that I hadn't come very far over the yars -- no farther really than from one "gang bang" to another, save that I had learned, as B. had yet to learn, that tomorrow the pain would be even greater.

Frederick Exley

#24. it, I'm growing on you, aren't I?" she asked, a smile on her face as she placed a foot on the bottom step to the empty carriage. "Like a wart, darling," he replied with his accustomed grin, before shutting the carriage door after her.

A.W. Exley

#25. Are we immortal?" he paused in his exploration of her skin.

Mischief shone in her eyes. "Want me to shoot you and find out?

A.W. Exley

#26. If you can make a mechanical horse, why wouldn't you make it a unicorn?

A.W. Exley

#27. Unlike some men, I had never drunk for boldness or charm or wit; I had used alcohol for precisely what it was, a depressant to check the mental exhilaration produced by extended sobriety.

Frederick Exley

#28. People are not photographs. There's more to them than the style of their hair or the cut of their clothes. Think of yourself as an explorer - you need to dig to unveil the person they are on the inside.

A.W. Exley

#29. Those proud of keeping an orderly desk never know the thrill of finding something they thought they had irretrievably lost.

Helen Exley

#30. damn lonely on the moral high ground.

A.W. Exley

#31. you is akin to playing Russian roulette: both hobbies have a high chance of ending in a fatality." She

A.W. Exley

#32. used one end to loosen the tacks,

A.W. Exley

#33. Crowbars are great for working out parental issues.

A.W. Exley