29 Quotes by Jean Shepherd

Randy lay there like a slug. It was his only defense.

Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory? Think about it, friends. It's not just a possibility. It's a certainty.

Preparing to go to school was like getting ready for extended deep sea diving.

What the hell time is it?" muttered the old man. He was always an aggressive sleeper. Sleep was one of the things he did best, and he loved it. Some look upon sleep as an unfortunate necessary interruption of life; but there are others who hold that sleep is life, or at least one of the more fulfilling aspects of it, like eating or sex. Any time my old man's sleep was interrupted, he became truly dangerous.

Dynamite was the milk of life to the average hillbilly of the day. He celebrated with it, feuded with it, and fished with it. The Sporting instinct runs strong in the hills. When the fishing season would open, the river would literally be aboil with TNT.

That reminds me of something that happened to me when I was a yardbird.

That reminds me of something that happened to me when I was a kid.

The hand of fate had dipped into the ragbag of humanity.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.