Thomas Pynchon Quotes

Meaning, I need you to focus. If you want to save Madaug, you need to listen to me or the mortents will eat both of you Pop-Tarts for breakfast. (Ambrose)

Through danger safety comes - through trouble rest.

Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore.

A gun can be dangerous. But a gun can protect you, you can hunt for food with it - you know, the tool itself is a tool. The intention of the party using the tool is a part of the process, right? You know: the knife cuts the steak, stabs the person, saves somebody from danger, cuts somebody out of a car.

A move to a different town or school gives us new places to explore, new people to meet; a lost pet means we have to organize a careful search; baby-sitting requires looking out for dangers a young child can't foresee; a car crash or fire demands that we get help immediately.

This dame keeps dragging me into the bushes. Keep your eye open, you may have to rescue me.

It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybody's face when you're finished and packing, it's the best smile in the world; and there's nobody hurt, and the well's under control.

I saved a girl from being attacked last night. I controlled myself.

Delaware's firefighters put their lives in jeopardy every day in an effort to keep families safe.

The sense of danger is never, perhaps, so fully apprehended as when the danger has been overcome.

No one will be harmed. You have nothing to fear. You will all be evacuated.

Hope--danger's comforter

China is the world’s second largest economy, but the enormous costs of its growth are becoming apparent. Residents of its boom cities and a growing number of rural regions question the safety of the air they breathe, the water they drink and the food they eat. It is as if they were living in the Chinese equivalent of the Chernobyl or Fukushima nuclear disaster areas. The environmental hazards here are legion, and the consequences might not manifest themselves for years or even decades.

When your house is on fire—that is not the time to talk

I've never experienced complete terror, knock on wood, or running for my life or any of that.

I rescue people.

Let me put it this way, if you were drowning, you wouldn't really be in a place to lend a hand as far as being rescued. You'd be at the mercy of the lifeguard. Once pulled out, you may be a little out of it, not sure where you are, but safe nonetheless.

Ranger appeared in the bathroom doorway and I was too relieved to be embarrassed. "I appreciate you coming out in the middle of the night," I said. Ranger smiled. "I didn't want to miss seeing you chained up naked.

I'm always looking for sounds that are pleasing at the time. The sound of a helicopter is really annoying until you're drowning, and it's there to rescue you. Then it sounds like music.

The most dangerous place is in your safety zone.

Hiding out with the enemy brings only temporary relief.

Things change when you're not in danger anymore.

I don't want to wake up with cops surrounding my bed tonight.

Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a stormy sea.

It is very easy to say that the important thing is to try your best, but if you are in real trouble the most important thing is not trying your best, but getting to safety.