Knockemstiff Quotes

#1. 'Knockemstiff' is a collection of short stories set in the holler of the same name in southern Ohio where I grew up. I tried to link the stories together through the place and some recurring characters.

Donald Ray Pollock

#2. When I was growing up, I just wanted to be somewhere else. I didn't like living in Knockemstiff, and I figured when I got older, I'd move off to some big city.

Donald Ray Pollock

#3. Four hundred or so people lived in Knockemstiff in 1957, nearly all of them connected by blood through one godforsaken calamity or another, be it lust or necessity or just plain ignorance.

Donald Ray Pollock

#4. If I'm going to merely ramble, maybe I should just snuggle under the warm covers, think of Miu, and play with myself.

Haruki Murakami

#5. Despair and bitterness are not the only songs in the world

Stephen R. Donaldson

#6. I've always wanted to play the villain. But the young girl is never the villain.

Katherine Waterston

#7. Have a sense of humor about life - you will need it. And be courteous.

Peter Jennings

#8. When we seek God for answers, we must persevere in prayer, letting it build up day after day until the force of it becomes a mighty tide pushing over all obstacles.

Jim Cymbala

#9. You'll meet someone else; there are more fish in the sea, as the saying is, than ever came out of it.

Elizabeth Aston

#10. The great appeal of film is its relatability.

Akira Kurosawa

#11. I also want to apologize to my fans, to the kids, everyone who's affected by the situation me and my wife are in.

Ray Rice

#12. She was fixated on replaying the image of a tall, broad, Highland warrior marching into battle against the evil waterfalls of doom to rescue a stuffed dinosaur.
He'd saved Cindy.
For Noah.
CJ Blue was making it very difficult for Natalie to continue to dislike him.

Jamie Farrell

#13. KEEP YOUR TONGUE FROM EVIL! For let him who wants to enjoy life and see good days [good - whether apparent or not] keep his tongue free from evil and his lips from guile (treachery, deceit). 1 Peter 3:10

Joyce Meyer

#14. A damp, gray sky covered southern Ohio like the skin of a corpse.

Donald Ray Pollock