Xlibris Quotes

“We are trained fighting machines. Peace is not an option for us. We’re jarheads. What the hell do we know about peace?”
― Jason Medina, No Hope For The Hopeless At Kings Park

“I wish I were a bird. I’d fly all the way up to the clouds and look down on this place, and then I’d go far away and never come back.”
― Jason Medina, No Hope For The Hopeless At Kings Park

“It was too late to think about what could have been or what should have been. What’s done is done. The past was in the past and there was no changing it.”
― Jason Medina, The Diary of Audrey Malone Frayer

“There’s one last reason why none of us ever tries to escape. There are a few of us who just don’t have anywhere else to go.”
― Jason Medina, No Hope For The Hopeless At Kings Park

“Manhattan is basically this island in New York, where all the cool stuff is located.”
― Jason Medina, The Diary of Audrey Malone Frayer

“I promise I will never stop loving you,” he said. “I will love you for all eternity.”
“Always?” She asked.
“And forever,” he replied with a smile.”
― Jason Medina, No Hope For The Hopeless At Kings Park

“He tried hard to forget the images of war that now began to haunt him.”
― Jason Medina, No Hope For The Hopeless At Kings Park

“The ‘60s were a very turbulent time for colored people. Being away at war was a chance for them to escape the racial bullshit for a while. It was a shame it came down to that kind of choice.
Don’t get me wrong. There were plenty of guys, who tried to bring that racial crap over there with them. However, when the shit hits the fan, you don’t give a damn about who’s standing next to you, saving your ass. You certainly don’t care what color his skin is or what language he speaks. All that matters to you is that he is an American G.I. Government Issued, baby!”
― Jason Medina, No Hope For The Hopeless At Kings Park

“The United States always seems to have a way of playing the international cop of the world.”
― Jason Medina, No Hope For The Hopeless At Kings Park

“One could only learn from the past and move on through the present to make a better future.”
― Jason Medina, The Diary of Audrey Malone Frayer

“We just wanted to see whose dick was in yer mouth. Call it curiosity.”
― Jason Medina, No Hope For The Hopeless At Kings Park

“They live their day to day existence in their confined environment by passing the time either sitting around the dayroom, reading, drawing, painting, watching television, listening to music, doing puzzles, or sleeping in the dormitory. Quite often patients sit near the windows and stare outside to a world that seems both foreign and out of reach to them. Some just sit on the floor, while leaning against the wall, due to a limited amount of proper seating.”
― Jason Medina, No Hope For The Hopeless At Kings Park

“Mary is the type of patient, who you could say, does not play well with others.”
― Jason Medina, No Hope For The Hopeless At Kings Park

“Each of these patients counts on us to help them to the best of our abilities. We have an obligation to them. We shouldn’t turn our backs on them and give up. It’s not fair to them, nor is it fair to ourselves.”
― Jason Medina, No Hope For The Hopeless At Kings Park

“If you ever find yourself roaming around the grounds of the abandoned psychiatric center in the quiet town of Kings Park, or driving along Sweet Hollow Road at night, and you believe you might have heard a woman scream, you’d be very wise to watch your back. It just might be the angry vengeful ghost of Mary Hatchet watching you!”
― Jason Medina, No Hope For The Hopeless At Kings Park

“It was as if the trees had slowly begun to consume the buildings over the years, swallowing them up brick by brick. The sealed empty darkness of the structures gave them an extra eerie effect, as they almost glowed under the moonlight.”
― Jason Medina, No Hope For The Hopeless At Kings Park

“He saw her eyes staring back at him. Those deep blue eyes, which seemed so much older than the body they inhabited. Her eyes were locked with his. There was a connection between them. He saw her pain and he felt it, too. He wanted to cry for her.”
― Jason Medina, No Hope For The Hopeless At Kings Park

“Baby, I’m so sorry. You know I wouldn’t feel right, if I ran away from my responsibilities. I’d have to live with that decision for the rest of my life. My being in the war could save lives. My running away will only save mine. It’s a selfish decision to make. I’ll come back to you. I promise.”
― Jason Medina, No Hope For The Hopeless At Kings Park

“Advice and love are the only things I can give you for free.”
― Jason Medina, No Hope For The Hopeless At Kings Park