Garth Stein
Garth Stein
Garth Stein is an American author and film producer from Seattle, Washington. Widely known as the author of the New York Times bestselling novel, The Art of Racing in the Rain, Stein is also a documentary film maker, playwright, teacher, and amateur racer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth6 December 1964
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
inevitable visible
The visible becomes inevitable...
race long crash
The race is long. It is better to drive within oneself and finish the race behind the other than it is to drive too hard and crash.
believe soul want
My soul has learned what it came to learn, and all the other things are just things. We can't have everything we want. Sometimes, we simply have to believe.
gestures sometimes
Gestures are all that I have; sometimes they must be grand in nature.
existence
We are all afforded our physical existence so we can learn about ourselves.
people sometimes ritual
People and their rituals. They cling to things so hard sometimes.
children heart past
But somewhere, a child surprises himself with his endurance, his quick mind, his dexterous hands. Somewhere a child accomplishes with ease that which usually takes great effort. And this child, who has been blind to his past, but his heart still beats for the thrill of the race, this child's soul awakens. And a new champion walks among us.
zebras real book
Demon. Gremlin. Poltergeist. Ghost. Phantom. Spirit. Shadow. Ghoul. Devil. People are afraid of them, so they relegate their existence to stories, volumes of books that can be closed and put on the shelf or left behind at a bed and breakfast; they clench their eyes shut, so they will see no evil. But trust me when I tell you that the zebra is real. Somewhere, the zebra is dancing.
karma kings justice
King Karma; I know that karma is a force in this universe, and that people will receive karmic justice for their actions. I know that this justice will come when the universe deems it appropriate and it may not be in this lifetime or the next, or the one after that.... but it will come.
race long firsts
[T]he race is long - to finish first, first you must finish.
feasting
But what is worse, smelling the roast and not feasting, or not smelling the roast at all?
eye car
The car goes where the eyes go.
spiritual ideas people
I don't understand why people insist on pitting concepts of evolution and creation against each other. Why can't they see that spiritualism and science are one? That bodies evolve and souls evolve and the universe is a fluid package that marries them both in a wonderful package called a human being. What's wrong with that idea?
death soul done
He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave.