139 Quotes by Patrick deWitt

The creak of bed springs suffering under the weight of a restless man is as lonely a sound as I know.

Easier asked than answered,” said Mr. Olderglough. “For our days here are varied, and so our needs are also varied. On the whole, I think you’ll find the workload to be light in that you will surely have ample free time. But then there comes the question of what one does with his free time. I have occasionally felt that this was the most difficult part of the job; indeed, the most difficult part of being alive, wouldn’t you say, boy?

He is not bad, I don’t think. Perhaps he is simply too lazy to be good.

Love is so urgent as all that, eh?

Our blood is the same, we just use it differently.

Possibly you won’t like to think of your mother as one who lived, but I’ll tell you something: it’s fun to run from one brightly burning disaster to the next.

I will never be a leader of men, and neither do I want to be one, and neither do I want to be led. I thought: I want to lead only myself.

I shall not sit idly by and settle for anything other than a perfect cup of tea.

Where is your mother, Charlie asked. Dead. I’m sorry to hear that Thank you. But she was always dead.