205 Quotes by Garth Stein

He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave.

Somewhere, the zebra is dancing.

Racing is about discipline and intelligence, not about who has the heavier foot. The one who drives smart will always win in the end.

Terriers are problem solvers. They'll do what you tell them, but only if it happens to be in line with what they wanted to do anyway.

Because memory is time folding back on itself. To remember is to disengage from the present. In order to reach any kind of success in automobile racing, a driver must never remember.

I don't understand why people insist on pitting concepts of evolution and creation against each other. Why can't they see that spiritualism and science are one? That bodies evolve and souls evolve and the universe is a fluid package that marries them both in a wonderful package called a human being. What's wrong with that idea?

I missed Eve so much I couldn't be a human anymore and feel the pain that humans feel. I had to be an animal again.

I’ll give you a theory: Man’s closest relative is not the chimpanzee, as the TV people believe, but is, in fact, the dog.

The sun rises every day, what is to love? Lock the sun in a box. Force the sun to overcome adversity in order to rise. Then we will cheer!