The best Quotes by Joe Hill

Lifted her gaze to the last telephone pole on the street. A mass of black balloons were caught there, snarled in the lines. The wind was wrestling to wrench them free, and they bobbled and weaved, pulling hard to escape. The wires held the balloons implacably where they were. She recoiled at the sight of them. They were dreadful - somehow they were dreadful - a dead spot in the sky.

Growing up in a Jewish matriarchal world inside the patriarchal paradise of Salt Lake City, Utah, gave me increased perspective on gender issues, as it also did my gay brother and my lesbian sister. Our younger sister is the perfect Jewish-American wife and mother, and is fiercely proud of that fact.

Bruce: "You remember what I told you?"
Finney Shaw: "That some day I have to stand up for myself."
Bruce: "Some day is today, Fin."

The Grabber: "Would you hand me my hat? Yes, sir. I am a part-time magician."
Finney Shaw: "Are those black balloons in there?"
The Grabber: "Would you like to see a magic trick?"

The tree. The door. The gate. I'd never seen it before, except in my dream!

Walk until the darkness is a memory, and you become the sun on the next traveler's horizon.

Humans had always been better at killing than any other living thing.

"And what if there's nothing in there?"
"You die and there's nothing beyond that. Nothing. Nothing remains. Someone might remember you for a little while after but not for long."

There's only one thing that can save a man from madness and that's uncertainty.