Caroline Paul quotes

Most people go to the office and sit at a desk. When firefighters go to the office, we might birth a baby in the morning, save a drowning surfer in the afternoon, and run into a fire at night. What could be more interesting than that? (Caroline Paul)

Its hard in the firehouse to avoid the dessert thing. At 3 in the morning after some emergency, I have been known to eat an ice cream sandwich.

Caroline Paul

You can never know anyone as completely as you want. But that's okay, love is better.

Caroline Paul

Fire taps something ancient and vital in each of us, something both snarling and reverential.

Caroline Paul

I think as humans we do want to control our relationships, and you can't. It's probably better that you can't. That wouldn't be a real relationship, and we'd never learn and grow.

Caroline Paul

GPS works great. I recommend it for all cat owners who want to know what their cats do when they're not there, if you can stand the ridicule from your friends.

Caroline Paul

If there's a fire, I want to be there. Maybe because in being so close to death, I think I understand what it means to be truly alive.

Caroline Paul

In a fire, you have to be thoughtful; you have to have a certain kind of intuitive smarts that the veterans have. I'm not there yet, despite the Stanford degree.

Caroline Paul

Caroline Paul

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Occupation: American Writer
Born: July 29, 1963
Quotes count: 8

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