Quotes about Change

The abyss of the past into which the world is falling. Everything vanishing as if it had never been. We would hardly wish to know ourselves again as we once were and yet we mourn the days.

One of the things you realize about gettin older is that not everbody is goin to get older with you.

Who builds in stone seeks to alter the structure of the universe.

Best way to live in California is to be from somewheres else. Probably the best way is to be from Mars.

You might change your mind about what you hate to leave, he said.

It was the theory of the week. For about a year.

Three weeks ago I was a law abidin citizen. Workin a nine to five job. Eight to four, anyways. Things happen to you they happen. They dont ask first. They dont require your permission.

He'd half meant to speak but those eyes had altered the world forever in the space of a heartbeat.

The other thing is the old people, and I keep comin back to them. They look at me it's always a question. Years back I dont remember that. I dont remember it when I was sheriff back in the fifties. You see em and they dont even look confused. They just look crazy. That bothers me. It's like they woke up and they dont know how they got where they're at. Well, in a manner of speakin they dont.

You go back home and everthing you wished was different is still the same and everthing you wished was the same is different.

If I think about what I wanted as a kid and what I want now they aint the same thing. I guess what I wanted wasnt what I wanted.

People dont feel safe no more, he said. We're like the Comanches was two hundred years ago. We dont know what's goin to show up here come daylight. We dont even know what color they'll be.