410 Quotes by Joe Hill

I mean, when the world comes for your children, with the knives out, it’s your job to stand in the way.

The memory of that day in the dump made him a little sentimental for his father – they had had some good times together, and Buddy had made a decent meal in the end. Really, what else could you ask from a parent?

He was often crushed by the decency of other people who had almost nothing themselves; at times he felt their kindnesses so powerfully he thought it would destroy some delicate inner part of him.

The sky was the color of a migraine.

Why do you got to ask so many damn questions?” he wanted to know. As they went back out into the rain, he opened his black duster and closed it over her thin, shivering body, clasped her against him. “I’d rather ask questions,” she said, “than answer them.

I put the Fifth of November and the Fourth of July to shame. Who needs Roman candles when you’ve got me?

Aren’t you going to tell me I’m not so bad? she asked. Mmm-no. I was thinking how every man loves a hot girl with a history of making mistakes. Because it’s always possible she’ll make one with you.

Usually you can only catch the Sasquatch blur of your own legendary moments in the side mirrors.

Silence is the purest form of harmony. Everyone ought to try it. Put a stone in your mouth instead of a lie. Put a rock on your tongue instead of gossip. Bury the liars and the wicked under stones until they say no more. More weight, hallelujah.