Justin Cronin Quotes

“How wonderful to be read to. To be carried from this world and into another, born away on words.”

“I wanted to be a police officer for a long time so I could be just like my dad!”

“My theory of characterization is basically this: Put some dirt on a hero, and put some sunshine on the villain, one brush stroke of beauty on the villain.”

“And I grew up on a steady diet of science fiction, especially apocalyptic and postapocalyptic fiction.”

“I have a lot of nieces and nephews. I was always around kids. I was like the family babysitter because I was the only one that wasn't married.”

“Our whole family assembles in Chicago at Christmas and usually in Aspen in the summer.”

“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow but only saps today of its strength.”

“Hell is the place where one has ceased to hope.”

“Above all am I convinced of the need irrevocable and inescapable of every human heart for God. No matter how we try to escape to lose ourselves in restless seeking we cannot separate ourselves from our divine source. There is no substitute for God.”

“Nothing is more limiting than a closed circle of acquaintanceship where every avenue of conversation has been explored and social exchanges are fixed in a known routine.”