"Big Fish" Quotes
"Big Fish" by Daniel Wallace is a magical realism novel that explores the complex relationship between a father known for his tall tales and his son seeking to uncover the truth behind those stories.
fiction | 192 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
A man tells his stories so many times that he becomes the stories. They live on after him, and in that way he becomes immortal.
They say when you meet the love of your life, time stops, and that’s true.
The biggest fish in the river gets that way by never being caught.
It is the ordinary that’s so hard to bear, and the marvelous that’s easy to endure.
The truth is not a thing of fact or reason. It’s simply what everyone agrees on.
I want to be a big fish in a big pond.
The only thing bigger than life is imagination.
It’s the stories you tell that determine how you live.
Nothing in life is set in stone. You can change who you are, you can change what you are.
The thing about death is that it’s so final. It’s much worse than the very worst thing you can imagine.
