31 Quotes by John Joseph Adams

Where Deaver sat, the bow of the boat seems to curve under him. The faster they went, the less the boat seemed to touch the water. Just skimming over the surface, never really touching deep; making a few waves, but the water always smoothed out again.

Science fiction and fantasy, though they seem to be about the future or fictional worlds, are always at their core really about the problems and issues of today.

Will the last person on the planet please turn off the lights?

Enjoy the moment. We don’t have forever.

You are so ridiculous,” said the lion. “Thinking that your thinking is worth thinking about.

It is only when we have the courage to face things exactly as they are, without any self-deception or illusion, that a light will develop out of events, by which the path to success may be recognized.

The dinosaurs never discovered what caused their extinction, either.

We all have days when the world seems too much to bear, and all we want to do is lock ourselves in our room and not come out. It’s an illusion, this idea that a foot of wood and plaster can seal us off from the troubles that beset us, but it’s a comforting illusion, and it resonates.

The city has millions of stories that I don’t know. Never did and never will.