Many have changed so much that they have lost the magic of the dream that carried them on their own bootstraps.

- Peter Abrahams

What do you get out of hating people, out of having this bitterness in your heart always?

- Peter Abrahams

You can't walk alone. Many have given the illusion, but none have really walked alone. Man is not made that way. Each man is bedded in his people, th…

- Peter Abrahams

Mom had the kind of love for her that you could feel, like it was part of the atmosphere

- Peter Abrahams

The words dripped on my consciousness, sank into my being, and carried me away to the magic long ago of once upon a time.

- Peter Abrahams

To get from people you had to give a piece of yourself, a real piece that mattered. Just being nice was not enough.

- Peter Abrahams

To live with the conscious knowledge of the shadow of uncertainty, with the knowledge that disaster or tragedy could strike at any time; to be afraid…

- Peter Abrahams

You don't have to be a good person to be a good writer--history shows it's better if you're not--but you have to understand your badness.

- Peter Abrahams

They say life is all about connecting, like that's a good thing. But when brain and eyes are lining up you know different.

- Peter Abrahams