123 Quotes by James Jones

It was almost funny, how even lying here terrified and half-expecting to be dead at any moment, his bureaucratic fear of reprimand, of public embarrassment was stronger than his physical fear of dying.

I write to reach eternity.

Is it not also a paradox that in our efforts to escape pain we all run immediately for salvation to human love where we find the greatest pain of all?

As they prepared themselves to go ashore no one doubted in theory that at least a certain percentage of them would remain on the island dead, once they set foot on it. But no one expected to be one of these. Still it was an awesome thought and as the first contingents came struggling up on deck in full gear to form up, all eyes instinctively sought out immediately this island where they were to be put, and left, and which might possibly turn out to be a friend’s grave.

People ain’t mathematics, Jim. If they was, you and Einstein would of fought it out a long time ago, to see who rules the world.

Being in love made you especially vulnerable.

All right, all.

Love either starves to death and becomes a shadow, or else it dies young and remains a dream.

Billions of hard, bright stars shone with relentless glitter across the tropic night sky.