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H.J. Cronin Quotes: "Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much. For on the smiles, the thanks we give, our little gestures of appreciation, our neighbors build their philosophy of life."

Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much. For on the smiles, the thanks we give, our little gestures of appreciation, our neighbors build their philosophy of life.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat."

The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.




H.J. Cronin Quotes: "Behind every writer stands a very large bookshelf."

Behind every writer stands a very large bookshelf.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them"

Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them




H.J. Cronin Quotes: "My inventing time is all done under the influence of aerobic exercise. Basically, I do all my thinking while I run."

My inventing time is all done under the influence of aerobic exercise. Basically, I do all my thinking while I run.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "I grew up during the Cold War, when everything seemed very tenuous. For many years, right up until the fall of the Berlin Wall, I had vivid nightmares of nuclear apocalypse."

I grew up during the Cold War, when everything seemed very tenuous. For many years, right up until the fall of the Berlin Wall, I had vivid nightmares of nuclear apocalypse.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "That is life... to begin again when everything is lost!"

That is life... to begin again when everything is lost!




H.J. Cronin Quotes: "We cannot measure Divine Providence by the yardstick of human mentality."

We cannot measure Divine Providence by the yardstick of human mentality.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "Even if my country remains in war with yours. . .remember. . . i am not your enemy."

Even if my country remains in war with yours. . .remember. . . i am not your enemy.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "[Once plans for each eventuality are resolved, further] Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength."

[Once plans for each eventuality are resolved, further] Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "Funny... I still can't believe in God." "Does that matter now?"..."He believes in you."

Funny... I still can't believe in God." "Does that matter now?"..."He believes in you.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "You are extraordinarily attractive to women. And your greatest charm is that you do not realise it."

You are extraordinarily attractive to women. And your greatest charm is that you do not realise it.




H.J. Cronin Quotes: "We live, we die. Somewhere along the way, if we're lucky, we may find someone to help lighten the load."

We live, we die. Somewhere along the way, if we're lucky, we may find someone to help lighten the load.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "Hell is the place where one has ceased to hope."

Hell is the place where one has ceased to hope.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "Religions are many, reason is one, we are all brothers."

Religions are many, reason is one, we are all brothers.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "This ravishing world. This achingly bittersweet, ravishing world."

This ravishing world. This achingly bittersweet, ravishing world.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "Nothing is more limiting than a closed circle of acquaintanceship where every avenue of conversation has been explored and social exchanges are fixed in a known routine."

Nothing is more limiting than a closed circle of acquaintanceship where every avenue of conversation has been explored and social exchanges are fixed in a known routine.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "I have any number of completely dark obsessions and fascinations, and none of this was present in my profile or my growing profile as a writer."

I have any number of completely dark obsessions and fascinations, and none of this was present in my profile or my growing profile as a writer.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "As a chemist, I wanted to ask myself the question frustrated by biology: What is the minimal unit of matter that can undergo Darwinian evolution?"

As a chemist, I wanted to ask myself the question frustrated by biology: What is the minimal unit of matter that can undergo Darwinian evolution?



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "What strange places our lives can carry us to, what dark passages."

What strange places our lives can carry us to, what dark passages.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "My theory of characterization is basically this: Put some dirt on a hero, and put some sunshine on the villain, one brush stroke of beauty on the villain."

My theory of characterization is basically this: Put some dirt on a hero, and put some sunshine on the villain, one brush stroke of beauty on the villain.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "Four hundred thousand South Africans are dying of AIDS every year. This makes the war on Iraq look like a birthday party."

Four hundred thousand South Africans are dying of AIDS every year. This makes the war on Iraq look like a birthday party.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "My rule has always been, write the next part of the book that you seem to know well. So I won't necessarily write chapter two after chapter one."

My rule has always been, write the next part of the book that you seem to know well. So I won't necessarily write chapter two after chapter one.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "Even on the darkest night, my friend, life will have its way."

Even on the darkest night, my friend, life will have its way.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "And indeed, I am a warmhearted and thoroughly domestic man who gets up and makes pancakes for his children and kisses them on the head when he sends them off to their day."

And indeed, I am a warmhearted and thoroughly domestic man who gets up and makes pancakes for his children and kisses them on the head when he sends them off to their day.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "Because that's what heaven is...it's opening the door of a house in twilight and everyone you love is there."

Because that's what heaven is...it's opening the door of a house in twilight and everyone you love is there.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "I'm an ecumenical reader, grew up with all sorts of fiction, teach writing, went to the Iowa Writers' Workshop, so my tastes and interests are broad."

I'm an ecumenical reader, grew up with all sorts of fiction, teach writing, went to the Iowa Writers' Workshop, so my tastes and interests are broad.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "Miles away from everthing and everyone I've ever known or loved. I feel as if I've entered a new era of my life. What strange places our lives carry us to."

Miles away from everthing and everyone I've ever known or loved. I feel as if I've entered a new era of my life. What strange places our lives carry us to.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "It happened fast. Thirty-two minutes for one world to die, another to be born."

It happened fast. Thirty-two minutes for one world to die, another to be born.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "One of the great themes in American literature is the individual's confrontation with the vast open spaces of the continent."

One of the great themes in American literature is the individual's confrontation with the vast open spaces of the continent.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "Real courage is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. Doing the unpopular thing because it's what you believe, and the heck with everybody."

Real courage is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. Doing the unpopular thing because it's what you believe, and the heck with everybody.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "The military was all about hierarchies, who urinated highest on the hydrant"

The military was all about hierarchies, who urinated highest on the hydrant



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "And I grew up on a steady diet of science fiction, especially apocalyptic and postapocalyptic fiction."

And I grew up on a steady diet of science fiction, especially apocalyptic and postapocalyptic fiction.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "A season is a season, regardless of the number of games."

A season is a season, regardless of the number of games.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "I used to pull rank and wait until the wind was blowing out."

I used to pull rank and wait until the wind was blowing out.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "So perhaps the greatest worry of all was that one day you would realize that all the worries of your life amounted to one thing: the desire to just stop worrying."

So perhaps the greatest worry of all was that one day you would realize that all the worries of your life amounted to one thing: the desire to just stop worrying.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "As long as we remember a person, they're not really gone. Their thoughts, their feelings, their memories, they become a part of us."

As long as we remember a person, they're not really gone. Their thoughts, their feelings, their memories, they become a part of us.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "It's different being afraid when there's the hope it will amount to something."

It's different being afraid when there's the hope it will amount to something.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "The sadness you feel is not your own. It's his sadness you feel in your heart, Amy, for missing you."

The sadness you feel is not your own. It's his sadness you feel in your heart, Amy, for missing you.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "She remembered no one at all. She remembered one day thinking: I am alone. There is no I but I. She lived in the dark. She taught herself to walk in the light, though it was not easy."

She remembered no one at all. She remembered one day thinking: I am alone. There is no I but I. She lived in the dark. She taught herself to walk in the light, though it was not easy.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "Before she became the Girl from Nowhere-the One Who Walked In, the First and Last and Only, who lived a thousand years-she was just a little girl in Iowa, named Amy. Amy Harper Bellafonte."

Before she became the Girl from Nowhere-the One Who Walked In, the First and Last and Only, who lived a thousand years-she was just a little girl in Iowa, named Amy. Amy Harper Bellafonte.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "When you write, you take the ball and you hold it up to the light and you turn it slowly, and let people draw their own conclusions. And try to bring empathy to all sides of the equation."

When you write, you take the ball and you hold it up to the light and you turn it slowly, and let people draw their own conclusions. And try to bring empathy to all sides of the equation.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "I like to break left when people think I'm going to go right."

I like to break left when people think I'm going to go right.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "Choosing writing as a career, just by itself, is a measure of not being a calculating person."

Choosing writing as a career, just by itself, is a measure of not being a calculating person.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "So, whenever I'm writing, I'm writing in the presence of all the other books I've read and I think we all are."

So, whenever I'm writing, I'm writing in the presence of all the other books I've read and I think we all are.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "I like creating villains."

I like creating villains.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "I think many years ago I got on a bus in L.A. and drove around to see the stars' homes, but that's the extent of my direct experience in Hollywood."

I think many years ago I got on a bus in L.A. and drove around to see the stars' homes, but that's the extent of my direct experience in Hollywood.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "I was a 'Planet of the Apes'-obsessed kid."

I was a 'Planet of the Apes'-obsessed kid.



H.J. Cronin Quotes: "I was very much a child of the Cold War."

I was very much a child of the Cold War.