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Greg Iles Quotes

I deal with the human psychology and evil. They are my twin issues Picture Quote #1

Just because you will not see the work completed does not mean you are free not to take it up Picture Quote #1

And I do have one surefire plot I have not and probably never will write because of my fear someone will carry it out Picture Quote #1

My father served as an Army doctor in West Germany in the late 50s and early 60s. As a result, he and my mother - both native southerners - were acutely aware of what had happened during the Holocaust Picture Quote #1

The South is the home of ‘an eye for an eye.’ ‘Turning the other cheek’? The South can’t see that Picture Quote #1

My mother, a teacher, encouraged me to use my creativity as an actual way to make a living, and my father, a Mississippi physician, did two things. First, he taught me that all human beings should be treated equally because no one is better than anyone else, and he never pressured me to become a doctor Picture Quote #1

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Like my best friend, I asked for drums for Christmas, and got them. But when he moved on to guitar, I realized two things: (1) guitar is a much more expressive instrument, (2) way more girls pay attention to guitar players than to drummers Picture Quote #1

...the larger world lay not across oceans but within the human mind and heart Picture Quote #1

Southern Gothic is alive and well. It’s not just a genre, it is a way of life Picture Quote #1

Man is the universe becoming conscious of itself Picture Quote #1

Some things we must pass over in silence Picture Quote #1

I have not written a perfect sentence, in the literary sense. It’s a lot easier to throw a perfect pass than to write a perfect sentence, if that sentence is meant to perform more than a mechanical function Picture Quote #1

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Her touch was as knowing and confident as her eyes, and as she focused all her attention upon me, I remembered that there is nothing so thrilling as a woman of words when she decides that the time for words is past Picture Quote #1

Experiences are like hoarded gold. Whenever I dole out a piece of my private suffering, that is when I get letters from all over the world Picture Quote #1

If a man lived long enough, his past would always overtake him, no matter how fast he ran or how morally he tried to live subsequently. And how men dealt with that law ultimately revealed their true natures Picture Quote #1

When everything is at risk, good judgment, not haste, makes the difference between life and death. Panic is the enemy Picture Quote #1

Sooner or later. It had better be sooner. Later is like the horizon; it recedes as you approach Picture Quote #1

I will do those things which make me happy today and which I can also live with ten years from now Picture Quote #1

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Any person who wants to govern the world is by definition the wrong person to do it Picture Quote #1

He always reminded us that every atom in our bodies was once part of a distant star that had exploded. He talked about how evolution moves from simplicity toward complexity, and how human intelligence is the highest known expression of evolution. I remember him telling me that a frog’s brain is much more complex than a star. He saw human consciousness as the first neuron of the universe coming to life and awareness. A spark in the darkness, waiting to spread to fire Picture Quote #1

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I deal with the human psychology and evil. They are my twin issues. (Greg Iles Quotes) Just because you will not see the work completed does not mean you are free not to take it up (Greg Iles Quotes) And I do have one surefire plot I have not and probably never will write because of my fear someone will carry it out. (Greg Iles Quotes) My father served as an Army doctor in West Germany in the late 50s and early 60s. As a result, he and my mother - both native southerners - were acutely aware of what had happened during the Holocaust. (Greg Iles Quotes) The South is the home of ‘an eye for an eye.’ ‘Turning the other cheek’? The South can’t see that. (Greg Iles Quotes) My mother, a teacher, encouraged me to use my creativity as an actual way to make a living, and my father, a Mississippi physician, did two things. First, he taught me that all human beings should be treated equally because no one is better than anyone else, and he never pressured me to become a doctor (Greg Iles Quotes) Like my best friend, I asked for drums for Christmas, and got them. But when he moved on to guitar, I realized two things: (1) guitar is a much more expressive instrument, (2) way more girls pay attention to guitar players than to drummers (Greg Iles Quotes) ...the larger world lay not across oceans but within the human mind and heart (Greg Iles Quotes) Southern Gothic is alive and well. It’s not just a genre, it is a way of life (Greg Iles Quotes) Man is the universe becoming conscious of itself (Greg Iles Quotes) Some things we must pass over in silence (Greg Iles Quotes) I have not written a perfect sentence, in the literary sense. It’s a lot easier to throw a perfect pass than to write a perfect sentence, if that sentence is meant to perform more than a mechanical function (Greg Iles Quotes) Her touch was as knowing and confident as her eyes, and as she focused all her attention upon me, I remembered that there is nothing so thrilling as a woman of words when she decides that the time for words is past (Greg Iles Quotes) Experiences are like hoarded gold. Whenever I dole out a piece of my private suffering, that is when I get letters from all over the world (Greg Iles Quotes) If a man lived long enough, his past would always overtake him, no matter how fast he ran or how morally he tried to live subsequently. And how men dealt with that law ultimately revealed their true natures (Greg Iles Quotes) When everything is at risk, good judgment, not haste, makes the difference between life and death. Panic is the enemy (Greg Iles Quotes) Sooner or later. It had better be sooner. Later is like the horizon; it recedes as you approach (Greg Iles Quotes) I will do those things which make me happy today and which I can also live with ten years from now (Greg Iles Quotes) Any person who wants to govern the world is by definition the wrong person to do it (Greg Iles Quotes) He always reminded us that every atom in our bodies was once part of a distant star that had exploded. He talked about how evolution moves from simplicity toward complexity, and how human intelligence is the highest known expression of evolution. I remember him telling me that a frog’s brain is much more complex than a star. He saw human consciousness as the first neuron of the universe coming to life and awareness. A spark in the darkness, waiting to spread to fire (Greg Iles Quotes)