Goon Squad Quotes

#1. I listened to classic rock and roll, and punk rock. 'Goon Squad' provides a pretty accurate playlist of my teenage years, though it leaves out 'The Who,' which was my absolute favorite band. - Author: Jennifer Egan

#2. 'Goon Squad' took about three years to write and that's the short end. My second novel, 'Look at Me,' took six years. - Author: Jennifer Egan

#3. You have to surrender less when you see a film than when you go and see something live. - Author: Cate Blanchett

#4. Ladies first."
"Why is it men only say that when it's something horrible or dangerous? - Author: Kami Garcia

#5. When you're in the midst of a storm, it's hard to remember that God is always good and glorious, and that God's plans will always prevail, even when yours don't. - Author: Louie Giglio

#6. Pain is a gift. Humanity, without pain, would know neither fear nor pity. Without fear, there could be no humility, and every man would be a monster. The recognition of pain and fear in others give rise in us to pity, and in our pity is our humanity, our redemption. - Author: Dean Koontz

#7. In the case of 'Goon Squad,' which sold slowly for a long time despite the good reviews, those 'best of 2010' lists were pivotal, and made the book really sell. - Author: Jennifer Egan

#8. Oooh, fashion, we are the goon squad and were coming to town, beep beep. - Author: David Bowie

#9. I felt more doubtful than usual with 'Goon Squad,' because I knew that the book's genre wasn't easily named - Novel? Stories? Novel-in-stories? - and I worried that its lack of a clear category would count against it. My hopes for it were pretty modest. - Author: Jennifer Egan

#10. It seemed impossible that a scrappy book like 'Goon Squad' could win an award like that. It's such an iconic honor. I think what the Pulitzer means to me is that I'll need to work very, very hard to try to live up to it. - Author: Jennifer Egan

#11. I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible. - Author: Friedrich Nietzsche

#12. Today, while the titular head of the family may still be the father, everyone knows that he is little more than chairman, at most, of the entertainment committee. - Author: Ashley Montagu

#13. [Spiritual friendship] is eagerly helping one another know, serve, love, and resemble God in deeper and deeper ways. - Author: Timothy Keller

#14. There's a lot of exaggerated talk about CAFTA, but it's actually a fairly routine trade agreement. Although it involves fairly small nations, they're still more important trade partners than places like Australia or many other larger nations. - Author: Ernest Istook

#15. See," Sasha muttered, eyeing the sun. "It's mine. - Author: Jennifer Egan

#16. I imagine that people see me as they would see me if I were the man that I want to be. - Author: Neville Goddard

#17. If only more of today's military personnel would realize that they are being used by the owning elite's as a publicly subsidized capitalist goon squad - Author: Smedley Butler