Pat Murphy Quotes

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Sometimes, you gotta believe something crazy. Because all the other things you could believe hurt too much.

Pat Murphy
Piero was the sort of person that every religion needs but no religion likes. Thoughtful, rational, scientific. He asked questions and did not accept the easy answers on faith.

Pat Murphy
Imaginary solutions work quite well, as long as you realize that problems are also imaginary.

Pat Murphy
I read books when I was a kid, lots of books. Books always seemed like magic to me. They took you to the most amazing places. When I got older, I realized I couldn't find books that took me to all the places I wanted to go. To go to those places, I had to write some books myself.

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You may learn a few things, she said. And that's always good.

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I've learned to write the truth. But to do that, I had to figure out what the truth was-and I had to realize that the truth isn't always the same for everyone. I had to realize that my truth may not be the same as your truth.

Pat Murphy
Gazing at those beautiful stars, Bailey realized that nothing mattered to them. All the achievements of humankind were insignificant. Love and hate, death and life, honor and dishonor, knowledge or ignorance—what did any of that matter in the face of this austere and heartless splendor?

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Let it be. These things have a way of becoming clear over time, Gyro said. And then he shrugged. Or not. In the end, it doesn't really matter does it?

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You've passed the first test of leadership. You've disagreed with me.

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Gyro smiled. There's an old pataphysical saying: 'An adventure is only an inconvenience, rightly considered.' Adventure is never convenient. And everything is an adventure, if you take the right perspective.
So everything is inconvenient? Bailey grumbled.
Oh, yes. That's exactly it! Life is terribly inconvenient, which makes it quite entertaining.

Pat Murphy