31 Quotes by Pete Hautman

We connect through our dreams. Like we could be a thousand miles apart and I'd still know you were there.

secrets have the power to break the world into two

is reality simply a dream we share?

- “Do You know what ghosts are, Stuey? I’ll tell you. They’re secrets haunting the memories of the living. So long as we carry their secrets, they refuse to leave. They wait.” “Wait for what?” “To be forgotten. My father has been gone for sixty years, but” — he tapped the side of his head — “he’s still here. He never left.

The dead live in our memories.

we live in different worlds, different realities

figuring out was is real isn’t always possible, because our own brains are telling us stories

You ever watch a football game and get totally into it? Why? It's not a real battle. It's just a game somebody made up. So how can you take it seriously? Or, you ever see a movie that made your heart about jump out of your chest? Or one that made you cry? Why? It wasn't real. You ever look at a photo of food that made your mouth water? Why? You can't eat the picture.. . . . .Same thing with water towers and God. I don't have to be a believer to be serious about my religion.

How do you know it's not true if you don't believe in it?