Quotes from Eric Walters

Hoe pathetic is it that I'd rather risk death that face the dead?

I remembered a joke I'd once heard, that if you play a country song backward, you get back your girlfriend, your dog is no longer dead, and your brother is released from prison.

The difference between a brave man and a coward is not how he feels, but what he does despite those feelings.

My old granny always said, you have two ears and one mouth because you're listen twice as much as you talk.

This neighborhood is a lifeboat in a storm we can't stop. Only so many people can be in our boat, no matter how many swimmers you see bobbing about in the ocean. If you try to pull in too many, you sink. You save nobody, including those who were in the boat. Our priority has to be those who are in the boat, because we can't save all of those who need to be in the boat. Our only exception has been when those on the outside can make our lifeboat stronger and more self-sustaining.

Being smart and acting stupid are two different things.

I would love to spend time with Donald Trump. I would tell him what I think. He would take me out in 30 minutes.

At his heart, Shakespeare was a YA author. So many of his plays are set with high school-aged characters. He understood the passion, the confusion and drama that marks that life stage.

Even bullies need love.

Amazing Donald Trump, your age and IQ are the same.

My family claims I think I'm always right, although I'm always willing to be proven wrong. I hold my opinions dearly, but you can always try to convince me differently, and if you do, I will hold that opinion dearly. I am decidedly stubborn and have been described as not having a type-A personality, but a quadruple-A personality.