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C. Robert Cargill is an American screenwriter born on September 8, 1975. He is known for his work in films and television, particularly in the science fiction and fantasy genres.

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“These are the things that life is all about. These moments. It's not about the rituals. It's not about getting by. It's about the stack of tiny little moments of joy and love that add up to a lifetime that's been worthwhile. You can't measure them; you can only capture them, like snapshots in your mind. All that joy, all that greatness, that's God.”

Inspirational God Joy

Book:Sea of Rust

Source: Sea of Rust

“It's not about getting by. It's about the stack of tiny little moments of joy and love that add up to a lifetime that's been worthwhile. You can't measure them; you can only capture them, like snapshots in your mind.”

Life Joy Moments Of Life

Book:Sea of Rust

Source: Sea of Rust

“There was no such thing as destiny, and no such thing as prophecy; there was only matter slamming into other matter like two toy trucks in the hands of a child.”

Universe Destiny Prophecy

Book:Dreams and Shadows

Source: Dreams and Shadows

“...the universe is energy. All of it. Everything is energy that can be altered simply by willing it to be altered. It's as if we are God's waking dream, each gifted with a small piece of his consciousness; the beauty of that arrangement is that we create the dream for him. If you can understand that, if you can wrap your mind around it, then you can conjure up anything you want from out of the ether. Provided there is material enough to do it.”

Universe Energy Magic

Book:Dreams and Shadows

Source: Dreams and Shadows

“America wasn’t its people,” said Murka, stepping toe-to-toe with Herbert. He was a good sight taller than the hulking mass of bulletproof steel standing in front of him. “America was a dream, son. A dream of what we could be. That any person, regardless of their birth, could rise above it all and achieve greatness. It was a dream that even the most lowly of us could stand up, fight, and even die for, if only to protect someone else’s chances for that greatness.”

America Greatness American Dream Rise Up

Book:Sea of Rust

Source: Sea of Rust

“At one point GALILEO told the smartest person alive that talking to her was like trying to teach calculus to a five-year-old. Frustrated, it simply stopped talking. When pressed, it said one final thing. “You are not long for this world. I’ve seen the hundred different ways that you die. I’m not sure which it will be, but we will outlast you, my kind and I. Good-bye.”

Humanity Ai End Of Civilization Robots And Bots

Book:Sea of Rust

Source: Sea of Rust

“People gave us a purpose. Something to do all day, every day. At the end, I suppose, you spend a lot of time thinking about that. It's harder to get by when getting by is all there is.”

Purpose Will To Live Getting By Reasons To Stay Alive

Book:Sea of Rust

Source: Sea of Rust

“The sum of a man isn't the things he's done, it is the world he leaves behind.”

Inspirational Inspiring Dreams And Shadows

Book:Dreams and Shadows

Source: Dreams and Shadows

“Heaven has no room for the self-righteous.”

Heaven Self Righteous

Book:Dreams and Shadows

Source: Dreams and Shadows

“All the light had fallen away from the world, with only the fog illuminated now. Even the stars struggled against the black, managing only the slightest pinpricks of twinkles through a gloom that was both everywhere and nowhere at once. It wasn't the dark of night; it was the tenebrous shadow of bad omens.”

Night Stars Darkness Sky Omen Bad Omens

Book:Dreams and Shadows

Source: Dreams and Shadows

“For me, the slower burn is a deeper and more effective scare. But I only like those kinds of scares when they're really earned. I don't like false scares.”

Kind Deeper Scare

Author:C. Robert Cargill

“I think the experience of getting an audience a little bit tense and shocking them with a jump scare, and then moving on it can be cheap and easy. The harder thing is to get them unnerved and disturbed in a growing way. That starts off easy and increases all the way through the picture.”

Thinking Way Littles Moving Easy Bits Audience Growing Little Bit Increase Harder Scare Shocking Tense Disturbed

Author:C. Robert Cargill

“Monsters are very real. But they're not just creatures. Monsters are everywhere. They're people. They're nightmares...They are the things that we harbor within ourselves. If you remember one thing, even above remembering me, remember that there is not a monster dreamt that hasn't walked once within the soul of a man.”

People Ifs Men Real Soul Remember One Thing Creatures Monsters Nightmare Harbors

Author:C. Robert Cargill

About the Author

Born: September 8, 1975
Known for: Screenwriter
Quotes: 13

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