Daniel Wallace Quotes

• It would be better for us to have some doubts in an honest pursuit of truth, than it would be for us to be certain about something that was not true.

  Daniel Wallace

  Doubt, Would Be, Honest

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• A storyteller makes up things to help other people; a liar makes up things to help himself.

  Daniel Wallace

  Liars, Helping Others, People

  Daniel Wallace (2014). “The Kings and Queens of Roam: A Novel”, p.244, Simon and Schuster

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• When a man's stories are remembered, then he is immortal.

  Daniel Wallace

  Men, Stories, Immortal

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• In a moment, everything can change and in a moment, you can change everything.

  Daniel Wallace

  Moments

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• You’re not necessarily supposed to believe it…You’re just supposed to believe in it.

  Daniel Wallace

  Life, Believe

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• This is what is meant by last words: they are keys to unlock the afterlife. They're not last words but passwords, and as soon as they're spoken you can go.

  Daniel Wallace

  Keys, Afterlife, Lasts

  Daniel Wallace (1999). “Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions”, Penguin Group USA

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• Dreams are what keep a man going.

  Daniel Wallace

  Dream, Men

  Daniel Wallace (1999). “Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions”, Penguin Group USA

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• He believed in himself, believed in his quixotic ambition, letting the failures of the previous day disappear as each new day dawned. Yesterday was not today. The past did not predict the future if he could learn from his mistakes.

  Daniel Wallace

  Mistake, Ambition, Past

  Daniel Wallace (2014). “The Kings and Queens of Roam: A Novel”, p.99, Simon and Schuster

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• In the land of the dying, sentences go unfinished, you know how they're going to end.

  Daniel Wallace

  Sympathy, Land, Dying

  Daniel Wallace (1999). “Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions”, Penguin Group USA

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• People were so cheap there... they ate beans to save on bubble bath.

  Daniel Wallace

  People, Baths, Beans

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• The ending is always a surprise.

  Daniel Wallace

  Surprise

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• They say when you meet the love of your life, time stops, and that's true. What they don't tell you is that when it starts again, it moves extra fast to catch up.

  Daniel Wallace

  Moving, Love At First Sight, Big Fish

  "Fictional character: Senior Ed Bloom". "Big Fish", www.imdb.com. December 4, 2003.

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• Remembering a man's stories makes him immortal.

  Daniel Wallace

  Men, Stories, Remember

  Daniel Wallace (1999). “Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions”, Penguin Group USA

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• There is an old Italian proverb about the nature of translation: "Traddutore, traditore!" This means simply, "Translators-traitors!" Of course, as you can see, something is lost in the translation of this pithy expression: there is great similarity in both the spelling and the pronunciation of the original saying, but these get diluted once they are put in English dress. Even the translation of this proverb illustrates its truth!

  Daniel Wallace

  Mean, Biblical, Italian

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• There are those rare people who function like human magnets, who are individually so attractive – or repellent, depending on the situation – that a considerable amount more seems to happen to them, and likewise, their presence in a certain place makes more seem to happen around them. They’re magical people. They have special power.

  Daniel Wallace

  People, Special, Attractive

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