52 Quotes by Tom Spanbauer

Weird here is something we aspire to, something we perfect, get degrees in, get awards for.

God made man because he loves to hear stories, Alessandro said. That's a good story, huh?

The fates lead her who will; who won't they drag.

Life is absolutely, mysteriously beautiful.

Books are in the mind, Grandfather Alessandro said. Too many books and you forget your body is in the world.

We're all just in our bodies for a moment in our life. Such a brave and lovely act it is to let the body celebrate.

The key to being a warrior is not to be afraid of who you are.

A person without her or his own truth ain't a person at all, Ida said. Anybody who tells you different—is a jackass, and no longer deserves to be called human being.

It's the responsibility of the survivor to tell the story.