343 Quotes by John Connolly

Regrets, Blacksmith, make poor currency. You can't but back with them what you most desire.

There was a lot to be said for a man’s capacity to be comfortable while alone.

Why did you shoot him?""You weren't around," I replied, my teeth gritted in pain. "If you'd been here I'd have shot you instead.

Stories come alive in the telling. (…)They lay dormant, hoping for the chance to emerge. Once someone started to read them, they could begin to change. They could take root in the imagination and transform the reader. Stories wanted to be read.

A veces necesitamos nuestro dolor. Lo necesitamos para considerarlo nuestro.

Al final, tu único amigo eres tú mismo porque los demás, llegado el momento, te dejarán todos en la estancada.Al final, todos estamos solos.

When did you get so clever?""When I realized I wasn't as clever as I thought.

For in every adult there dwells the child that was, and in every child there lies the adult that will be.

We all have our routines," he said softly."But they must have a purpose and provide an outcome that we can see and take some comfort from, or else they have no use at all. Without that, they are like the endless pacings of a caged animal. If they are not madness itself, then they are a prelude to it.