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Quotes by Marty Rubin

One should never go dancing with a broken foot, but one should with a broken heart.

Marty Rubin

In winter, on the darkest nights, one rejoices even to see the tiniest sliver of a moon.

Marty Rubin

We owe it to the dead to dance on their graves.

Marty Rubin

Blessed is the nightbird that sings for joy and not to be heard.

Marty Rubin

A pessimist is someone who has forgotten the joy of beginning.

Marty Rubin

Being alive is having what I want, that is my joy, my happiness.

Marty Rubin

The childs naive dream of life is the only one worth having.

Marty Rubin

All laughter is subversive, even the laughter of children.

Marty Rubin

Mutual helplessness is the essential relation between parent and child.

Marty Rubin

All children are born rebels and explorers until theyre taught to sit still and obey.

Marty Rubin

Children remind us that were all children.

Marty Rubin

Fiction: a game of pretend.

Marty Rubin

Novelists are basically inviting their readers to play a game of pretend. Thats what fiction is: a game of pretend.

Marty Rubin

On the blank page all things are possible.

Marty Rubin

Beautiful untrue things are even more beautiful when theyre true.

Marty Rubin

All the great novels are about obsession and people who are obsessed.

Marty Rubin

A story has to break your heart or its not worth telling.

Marty Rubin

Society demands not conformity, but the appearance of conformity. Thats the reason for hypocrisy.

Marty Rubin

Love is a wild child, always at odds with society.

Marty Rubin

We should not judge people or try to figure out what makes them tick. We should leave them the hell alone.

Marty Rubin