28 Quotes by Doug Dorst

It dawned on him that he really could be a cop if he wanted to, and it dawned on him that he'd had this revelation while eating a donut, and it that wasn't a sign, he didn't know what was.

I know the you who’s in the margins. I know you’re thinking hard about what you want and why– more than some people ever do. I know you can take on a challenge and kick its ass. And I know you’ve tried harder to understand me than anyone has in a long time.

-That's kind of sad.-I used to think so. Now I think: you're born a certain way. Later you get to decide how much you want to fight/change that. I don't mind being alone.-You must mind. If you didn't you wouldn't be doing this with me.

You have faith in this story. You long for the day you become part of it.

Do you always travel with such cumbersome books?''I don't trust anyone who wouldn't.

If I am going out into the unknown, it might as well be the really unknown.

What begins at the water shall end there, and what ends there shall once more begin. Words are a gift to the dead and a warning to the living.

-It's extremely cool how the words can stay the same but their meaning can change.-Because the reader changes.-EXACTLY

Artistic integrity is not a guest whom one may choose not to invite to a gala. She must be the first you invite, the first you seat, the first you serve food and wine, the one who calls the orchestra's tunes, the one who is offered her choice of dance partners throughout the night.