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• I gotta be honest with you...I hate numbers. I hate chapter numbers. I hate them.

  Garth Stein

  Hate, Numbers, Honest

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• I think the one that's going to be the hardest to make into a film is the one that's probably going to be made into a film, which is 'The Art of Racing in the Rain.' I mean, it's narrated by a dog. How do you do that? But hopefully we'll get to see.

  Garth Stein

  Dog, Art, Rain

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• I could have grabbed his shirt collar. I could have pulled him close to me, so close he could feel my breath on his skin, and I could have said to him, "This is just a crisis. A flash! A single match struck against the implacable darkness of time! You are the one who taught me to never give up. You taught me that new possibilities emerge for those who are prepared, for those who are ready. You have to believe!

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  Giving Up, Believe, Darkness

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

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• If I went to someone for therapy, I wouldn't be a writer...I would just be well adjusted.

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  Wells, Therapy, Ifs

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• Any problems that may occur have ultimately been caused by you, because you are responsible for where you are and what you are doing there.

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  Responsibility, May, Problem

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

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• ...you have to reach for things beyond your grasp, or what is heaven for

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  Heaven

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• Can we not will ourselves to achieve the impossible? Can we not use the power of our life force to change something: one small thing, one insignificant moment, one breath, one gesture? Is there nothing we can do to change what is around us?

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  Use, Gestures, Impossible

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

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• Gestures are all that I have; sometimes they must be grand in nature.

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  Gestures, Sometimes

  Garth Stein (2009). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, p.9, HarperCollins UK

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• My soul has learned what it came to learn, and all the other things are just things. We can't have everything we want. Sometimes, we simply have to believe.

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  Believe, Soul, Want

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

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• The race is long. It is better to drive within oneself and finish the race behind the other than it is to drive too hard and crash.

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  Race, Long, Crash

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• But that day I was anxious. I was nervous and worried, uneasy and distracted. I paced around and never felt settled. I didn't care for the sensation, yet I realized it was possibly a natural progression of my evolving soul, and therefore I tried my best to embrace it.

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  Soul, Care, Nervous

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

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• The first time I saw you,' he says, 'I knew we belonged together.

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  Together, Saws, Firsts

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

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• I’ll give you a theory: Man’s closest relative is not the chimpanzee, as the TV people believe, but is, in fact, the dog.

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  Dog, Believe, Men

  Garth Stein (2011). “Racing in the Rain: My Life as a Dog”, p.18, Harper Collins

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• So much of language is unspoken. So much of language is compromised of looks and gestures and sounds that are not words. People are ignorant of the vast complexity of their own communication.

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  Communication, People, Ignorant

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

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• This is something I'd heard him say before: getting angry at another driver for a driving incident is pointless. You need to watch the drivers around you, understand their skill, confidence and aggression levels, and drive with them accordingly. Know who is driving next to you. Any problems that may occur have ultimately been caused by you, because you are responsible for where you are and what you are doing there.

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  Skills, Watches, Needs

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

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