Garth Stein Quotes

Quotes about:

• The human language, as precise as it is with its thousands of words, can still be so wonderfully vague.

  Garth Stein

  Language, Humans, Stills

  47 Copy quote

• You should shine with all of your light all the time.

  Garth Stein

  Light, Shining, Should

  Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

  13 Copy quote

• People are always worried about what's happening next. They often find it difficult to stand still, to occupy the now without worrying about the future. People are generally not satisfied with what they have; they are very concerned with what they are going to have.

  Garth Stein

  Worry, People, Next

  Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

  17 Copy quote

• That which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves.

  Garth Stein

  Ignorance, Destiny, Intention

  Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

  16 Copy quote

• We too, must shatter the mirrors. We must look in to ourselves and root out the distortions until that thing which we know in our hearts is perfect and true, stands before us.

  Garth Stein

  Heart, Mirrors, Roots

  Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

  8 Copy quote

• That which is around me does not affect my mood; my mood affects that which is around me.

  Garth Stein

  Doe, Mood

  Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

  11 Copy quote

• She died that night. Her last breath took her soul, I saw it in my dream. I saw her soul leave her body as she exhaled, and then she had no more needs, no more reason; she was released from her body, and being released, she continued her journey elsewhere, high in the firmament where soul material gathers and plays out all the dreams and joys of which we temporal beings can barely conceive, all the things that are beyond our comprehension, but even so, are not beyond our attainment if we choose to attain them, and believe that we truly can.

  Garth Stein

  Dream, Believe, Night

  Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

  13 Copy quote

• The true hero is flawed. The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can overcome obstacles - preferably of his own making - in order to triumph.

  Garth Stein

  Hero, Order, Champion

  Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

  5 Copy quote

• Racing is about discipline and intelligence, not about who has the heavier foot. The one who drives smart will always win in the end.

  Garth Stein

  Smart, Winning, Feet

  Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

  8 Copy quote

• Perhaps that is what life is all about—the search for such a connection. The search for magic. The search for the inexplicable. Not in order to explain it, or contain it. Simply in order to feel it. Because in that recognition of the sublime, we see for a moment the entire universe in the palm of our hand. And in that moment, we touch the face of God.

  Garth Stein

  Life, Hands, Order

  Garth Stein (2014). “A Sudden Light: A Novel”, p.146, Simon and Schuster

  6 Copy quote

• Many of us have convinced ourselves that compromise is necessary to achieve our goals, that all of our goals are not attainable so we should eliminate the extraneous, prioritize our desires, and accept less than the moon.

  Garth Stein

  Moon, Goal, Desire

  Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

  11 Copy quote

• To live every day as if it had been stolen from death, that is how I would like to live. To feel the joy of life, as Eve felt the joy of life. To separate oneself from the burden, the angst, the anguish that we all encounter every day. To say I am alive, I am wonderful, I am. I am. That is something to aspire to.

  Garth Stein

  Life, Joy, Encounters

  Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

  7 Copy quote

• He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave.

  Garth Stein

  Death, Soul, Purpose

  8 Copy quote

• There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose.

  Garth Stein

  Inspirational, Race, Racing

  Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

  10 Copy quote

• She was my rain. She was my unpredictable element. She was my fear. But a racer should not be afraid of rain; a racer should embrace the rain.

  Garth Stein

  Rain, Elements, Embrace

  Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

  4 Copy quote

• I had always wanted to love Eve as Denny loved her, but I never had because I was afraid. She was my rain. She was my unpredictable element. She was my fear. But a racer should not be afraid of the rain; a racer should embrace the rain. I, alone, could manifest a change around me. By changing my mood, my energy, I allowed Eve to regard me differently. And while I cannot say that I am a master of my own destiny, I can say that I have experienced a glimpse of mastery, and I know what I have to work toward.

  Garth Stein

  Rain, Destiny, Energy

  6 Copy quote

• Yet for every peak there is a valley.

  Garth Stein

  Valleys

  Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

  4 Copy quote

• [T]he race is long - to finish first, first you must finish.

  Garth Stein

  Race, Long, Firsts

  5 Copy quote

• Because memory is time folding back on itself. To remember is to disengage from the present. In order to reach any kind of success in automobile racing, a driver must never remember.

  Garth Stein

  Memories, Order, Racing

  Garth Stein (2009). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, p.18, HarperCollins UK

  4 Copy quote

• Sometimes I believe...Sometimes I really do believe.

  Garth Stein

  Believe, I Believe, Sometimes

  4 Copy quote

• Inside each of us resides the truth, I began, the absolute truth. But sometimes the truth is hidden in a hall of mirrors. Sometimes we believe we are viewing the real thing, when in fact we are viewing a facsimile, a distortion.

  Garth Stein

  Real, Believe, Mirrors

  Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

  6 Copy quote

• If you taught me to read and provided for me the same computer system as someone has provided for Stephen Hawking, I, too, would write great books. And yet you don't teach me to read, and you don't give me a computer stick I can push around with my nose to point at the next letter I wish typed. So whose fault is it that I am what I am?

  Garth Stein

  Book, Writing, Giving

  Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

  6 Copy quote

• I suddenly realized. The zebra. It is not something outside of us. The zebra is something inside of us. Our fears. Our own self-destructive nature. The zebra is the worst part of us when we are face-to-face with our worst times. The demon is us!

  Garth Stein

  Zebras, Fear, Self

  51 Copy quote

• I hear hundreds of years of life. I hear wind and rain and fire and beetles. I hear the seasons changing and birds and squirrels. I hear the life of the trees this wood came from.

  Garth Stein

  Rain, Fire, Squirrels

  Garth Stein (2014). “A Sudden Light”, p.97, Simon and Schuster

  7 Copy quote

• Somewhere, the zebra is dancing.

  Garth Stein

  Zebras, Dancing

  Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

  89 Copy quote

Page 1 of 4

← Prev

1

2

3

4

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin