Carla H. Krueger

Quotes

• “Beyond the boundaries of herself, her parents and the enclosing garden walls, were open fields and other waiting places ...”
• “It’s much harder to twist the charitable arm of a lottery winner compared to that of a man at his lowest ebb. It sounds ...”
• “On some days she was able to see both sun and moon at the same time. Like feuding cousins, they hung in two corners of t...”
• “I have a very addictive personality. If it isn’t women, it’s money. If it isn’t money, it’s speeding. And if it isn’t sp...”
• “Nothing in her life makes sense.All she craves is for the pieces of the puzzle to fit together again.She is sure one day...”
• “Nader refused to bring her the feathery dream catcher – her asabikeshiinh – with its willow-web and invisible ‘lady spid...”
• “Trap yourself inside your own brain, switch off the light, block all the escape routes, then turn your back on everythin...”
• “When I write, it feels like there are two little creatures that sit on each of my shoulders. One whispers, "You can do t...”
• “There is just too much cruelty, selfishness and corruption in the world not to want to crush the poisonous will of those...”
• “Are there not times, Ridley, when you yourself wish only to hear the best in people – and not to be dragged downwards in...”
• “This is a landscape of dreams cemented in the past, of hopes gone cold, of girls and boys for rent in officially empty t...”
• “She heard him speak, but did not recognise the problem in his voice – only later did she realise it was that thing he’d ...”
• “Please, never tell me what 'horror erotica' is. Real #art is being lost in a bizarre swamp of over-processed, sexually e...”
• “There are times when I can't believe how much ridiculous stuff happens to me and how brilliant it is to be in a position...”
• “People who love reading get an instantly warm feeling in their bellies when they hear others describe getting comfortabl...”
• “I’m warning you because you’re young and vulnerable. He’s a dirty, lying, conniving piece of shit and he’s dangerous.” G...”
• “People love books because they're searching for answers to deep, unconscious questions - and books get as close as it's ...”
• “Life isn't over until you're dead. Another ultra-positive, ultra-motivational tweet to improve your day. You're welcome.”
• “There are some great, subversive female writers out there. Gender should not affect anything. It does, but it shouldn't.”
• “She was not alone in her respect for him. Because he is more than a boss to people. He’s a religion for non-believers.”
• “Books are like rivers, meandering this way and that, but taking us on a steady, flowing course to somewhere different.”
• “Bravery isn't brandishing a sword. It's standing your moral ground and letting others try their best to take you down.”
• “The only difference between writers and people who don't write is that writers aren't afraid to display their demons.”
• “Most people assume I write at night because of the kind of books I write, but I can shut out the light with my mind.”
• “When people say, 'you're so young to be a writer,' I always reply, 'I started young because I've got a lot to write.”
• “Don’t mock my suggestions, Ridley – one day in the near future, they might just save your life.” Maxwell D. Kalist.”
• “Read the right books and we can be as wild and worry-free as we've ever wanted to be. No law can stop us reading.”
• “It’s late and most of the clerks are at home in their beds, dreaming of swimming in pools filled with real money.”
• “A silence absorbed them both – a lack of sound so potent it blackened the place with something richer than hate.”
• “Writing is a solitary existence, especially if you forget to chat to your friends – sorry, I meant characters.”
• “Self-belief is not self-centred. We can only fight effectively for others if we already believe in ourselves.”
• “First time I ever put pen to paper, I had one goal – to build something no one had ever thought of before.”
• “When I read a daring book or listen to rebellious music, I feel like I've found what freedom really means.”
• “When I write, I write obsessively. I try to pace myself, but some fires are too hot to put out.”
• “The breeze around them seemed to drop – dead – like a door to the best things had just closed.”
• “Some ancient oversight had nearly taken his sight, but this sad fuck was already blind inside.”
• “Only men with intelligence, confidence and absolutely no empathy at all can progress upstairs.”
• “When a person sets out to learn from others and not to teach others he becomes a true writer.”
• “Time is not an enemy as such, but a missing person, sending cryptic postcards from the past.”
• “Day after day, week after week; writing great fiction takes time, emotion, skill and effort.”
• “I like to think I’ve written something worth reading when I cry the tears of the characters.”
• “I became a physicist to understand the world, then I became a writer to try and change it.”
• “I do not do free e-books. I occasionally like to eat that thing you people call "food".”
• “Writing is just building a new world – one character, one place, one maniac at a time.”
• “You are a more powerful person than you might have ever imagined.” Maxwell D. Kalist.”
• “All the best writers take risks, offend people often and say fuck you to the critics.”
• “There are books that change our perspectives and books that change our personalities.”
• “Someone asked me, 'How do you write a book?' I said, 'I live with a pen in one hand.”
• “You have to know your own mind inside out before you can know the minds of others.”
• “When I write, I try to represent the voices of people I've known who had no voice.”