Paul Zindel Quotes

• Our life would be what we made of it--nothing more, nothing less.

  Paul Zindel

  Would Be, Made, Our Lives

  Paul Zindel (2011). “The Pigman”, p.139, Graymalkin Media

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• I like storytelling. We all have an active thing that we do that gives us self-esteem, that makes us proud; it's necessary. I have to tell stories because that's the way the wiring went in.

  Paul Zindel

  Self Esteem, Giving, Stories

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• It's kind of spooky when you are caught talking to God everybody thinks you're nuts. They used to call you a prophet.

  Paul Zindel

  Thinking, Talking, Nuts

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• Be yourself! Be individualistic!' he called out after me. 'But for God's sake get your hair cut. You look like an oddball.

  Paul Zindel

  Being Yourself, Cutting, Hair

  Paul Zindel (2000). “Pigman with Related Reading”

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• She thinks she knows everything that goes on inside me, and she doesn’t know a thing. What did she want from me – to tell the truth all the time? To run around saying it did matter to me that I live in a world where you can grow old and be alone and have to get down on your hands and knees and beg for friends? A place where people just sort of forget about you because you get a little old and your mind’s a bit senile or silly? Did she think that didn’t bother me underneath?

  Paul Zindel

  Running, Silly, Thinking

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• In fact, the thing Lorraine and I liked best about the Pigman was that he didn't go around saying we were cards or jazzy or cool or hip. He said we were delightful . . .

  Paul Zindel

  Cards, Facts, Hips

  Paul Zindel (2000). “Pigman with Related Reading”

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• You're a bore, I said to me. You're puny. You're lacking in quality, like a pair of factory-rejected Fruit of the Loom shorts. And this was without considering any sexual problems, since I've never had sex with anyone except myself.

  Paul Zindel

  Sex, Quality, Pairs

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