11 Quotes by James Renner

The thing is, memory is about trust. We have to trust that what we remember is fact. And we have to trust what other people remember for things we never saw.

We forget how dangerous nature can be. We want to forget, I think. We don’t want to be reminded that nature is more deadly than man. Man can be cruel, but nature is indifferent. It is the unrivaled psychopath.

When you’re lost in the middle of a set of dominoes, you can’t see the pattern that’s forming in the falling blocks around you.

Get out of my store or I’m going to beat your head in.” This should have been enough motivation for me to leave. But can I be honest here? I’m the kind of guy who, when you tell me you’e going to beat my head in, I’ll stay around to make you do it.

Don’t get too upset,” said Roberta. “You may have the psychopathy of a dangerous man, but so do many cops. In fact, a lot of CEOs would have scored the same as you, or worse. Donald Trump is probably a sociopath. But it’s what makes him successful.

And the process, the ritual, quieted the hum of his mind so he could write.

I needed more time. I’m thinking about writing that last sentence on my tombstone.

Some families are magnets for tragedy, it’s been my experience that those who have suffered the most are usual the first ones to suffer again.

How long do you look for something that doesn’t exist before it becomes a delusion? Before it becomes an obsession?