84 Quotes by Robert Cormier

A new sickness invaded Jerry, the sickness of knowing what he had become, another animal, another beast, another violent person in a violent world, inflicting damage, not disturbing the universe but damaging it.

It's amazing that the heart makes no noise when it cracks.

I’m weary of the battle. But a tired fighter can still be a fighter.

Do I dare disturb the universe? Yes, I do, I do. I think. Jerry suddenly understood the poster – the solitary man on the beach standing upright and alone and unafraid, poised at the moment of making himself heard and known in the world, the universe.

It’s amazing that the heart makes no noise when it cracks.

And he did see – that life was rotten, that there were no heroes, really, and that you couldn’t trust anybody, not even yourself.

Don’t miss the bus, boy. You’re missing a lot of things in the world, better not miss that bus.

My dream was to be known as a writer and to be able to produce at least one book that would be read by people. That dream came true with the publication of my first novel – and all the rest has been a sweet bonus.

The beautiful part of writing is that you don’t have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon.