“ But it turned out life was more like the kind of song the Stones wrote: you didn't get any satisfaction, you took one hit to the body after another, if you were a woman you were a bitch who belonged u… Joe Hill
“ She had felt good for a few moments, racing across the face of the hill on her old bike, but the happy feeling had burned itself out and left behind a thin, cold rage. She was no longer entirely sure… Joe Hill
“ One thing I realize now is that you only advertise your beliefs with a t-shirt if you're seriously insecure. Joe Hill
“ Because, of course, it wouldn't do to just talk to her. She had spoken to him in flashes of daylight, and he felt he ought to reply in kind. Joe Hill
“ It's because she doesn't love being lonely. When a girl loses her virginity, though, it may hurt, but it's real. It might be the realest, most private thing you could ever see in another person. You w… Joe Hill
“ Sillman looked at his interrogator with hopeless eyes. 'I think while I was passed out, I dreamed about my mom's gingerbread cookies. Maybe the guy who knocked on the glass was eatin' one.' 'Mm,' said… Joe Hill
“ In any random slaughter, the difference between living and dying rarely has anything to do with willpower, or wisdom, or pluck. It's just a matter of where you're standing. Two inches to the right, an… Joe Hill
“ ...but God fears woman even more than He fears the devil -and is right to. She, with her power to bring life into the world, was truly made in the image of the Creator, not man... Joe Hill
“ Eighteen and stupid happens to everyone, I guess. If you survive it, it's probably half luck, and half having the right people in your life to watch out for you. Joe Hill
“ Although the ending was more John Carpenter than John Updike, Carroll hadn't come across anything like it in any of the horror magazines, either, not lately. It was, for twenty-five pages, the almost… Joe Hill
“ I wouldn't underrate the power of regret. It doesn't feel good... But it's hard to learn anything important without it. Joe Hill
“ Social media is teaching us that everyone fucks up, everyone is stupid sometimes, and that this is probably part of being a thinking human. The one exception are those who participate in the self-righ… Joe Hill
“ So much kindness, Renée said. So many people looking after us. They don’t know a thing about us except we’re in need. I read a Cormac McCarthy novel once, about the end of the world. People hunting do… Joe Hill
“ I wanted to explore this idea that the bogey man in the closet is scary, but being a mother is scarier. Joe Hill
“ I think you must make a few [mistakes]. Of you don't, you're probably thinking too much. That's the worst mistake you can make. Joe Hill
“ Carol says we speak with one voice. What she doesn't say is that voice belongs to HER. There's only one song to sing these days--Carol's song--and if you aren't in harmony, you can stick a stone in yo… Joe Hill
“ There's something horribly unfair about dying in the middle of a good story, before you have a chance to see how it all comes out. Of course, I suppose everyone ALWAYS dies in the middle of a good sto… Joe Hill
