Books I Like: Mr. Mercedes

My favorite quotes....

He guessed there were people who went through life surviving—perhaps even thriving—on the kindness of strangers.

This guy writes outward. He learned with others. And wrote for others.

When you gaze into the abyss, Nietzsche wrote, the abyss also gazes into you.

Never tell a lie when you can tell the truth. The truth isn’t always the safest course, but mostly it is.

You know what Dorothy Parker said, right? You can lead a whore to culture, but you can’t make her think.

When you heard hoofbeats, you didn’t think zebras.

Sometimes “the devil you know is better than the devil you don’t!”

I don’t always get it, but I’m allowed to reach.

Woody Allen was right: eighty percent of success is just showing up.

Blood tells. It almost always does.

Sometimes a cigar is just a smoke and a coincidence is just a coincidence.