Kerry Greenwood Quotes

On even the worst days, when nothing was working at the lab, I knew that at home I would find warmth, peace, companionship, and encouragement. As a consequence, the next day would surely be better.

I used to not want to die in any way but in my sleep when I was a young man. I'd like to die awake now, if possible, with people around me who love me.

When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.

I think that everybody needs four things in life. Everybody needs something to do regardless of age. Everybody needs someone to love. Everybody needs something to hope for, and, of course, everybody needs someone to believe in.

But I like to know that someone is stronger than I am. I want to be able to know that if I get tired, somebody is there to hold up the fort. I like knowing that I can't pick a refrigerator alone. God did not make me strong enough to do that.

I completely and utterly rely on my mum. Without my mum, I would not be anywhere at all. I'd literally just be a couch potato.

I am scared of getting old. I am scared of being ill.

Some people spend their lives building ultimate dream homes so they can enjoy their twilight years... Others spend their last days in nursing homes.

Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.

I am old. My wish now is for an easy, easy life.

As a Liverpool boy, it is impossible not to think of the Beatles' question, 'Will you still need me when I'm 64?'

Books—they weren't ladders out of the abyss, but they were companions.

Sleep, to the homeless thou art home; the friendless find in thee a friend

Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty-four?

There's something comforting about the companionship of animals in a new place.

What I would most like to think they would take away, is what I take away when I read my favorite books. Which is the knowledge that there is always somewhere you can go, that you love, and where you're safe. And that's how I feel about my favorite books, wherever I am, if I've got that book with me, I've got a place where I can go and be happy. So if that place is Hogwarts for anyone, then I couldn't be more honored or humbled.

Friendship is like those ancient altars where the unhappy, and even the guilty, found a sure asylum.

Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.

But not me, baby, I've got you to save me.

In our old age my beloved companion said to me quietly one evening, "You have always given me wings to fly, and I have loved you for it.

I think I unknowingly seek people who are better than me in the sense of strength and wisdom. It's like I've got to know and trust that you have the answers and that you can carry me if needed.

Speeches are for the younger men who are going places. And I'm not going anyplace except six feet under the floor of that little chapel adjoining the museum and library at Abilene.

Just know you're not alone, 'cause I'm gonna make this place your home.

No one should be alone in their old age, he thought.

All my friends are but one, but He is all sufficient.