Al Hess > Quotes

“Humor was an attractive quality in a man, but kindness was even better.”
― Al Hess, World Running Down

“He'd fought and loved and hopefully put a little more good into the world.”
― Al Hess, World Running Down

“My mind is a filing cabinet that someone dumped on the floor.”
― Al Hess, World Running Down

“I don’t know how to form words with my mouth…but the first thing I’m going to learn to say is your name.”
― Al Hess, Yours Celestially

“That the quiet moments where you simply be or where you are forging connections with people you love are just as important, if not more so, as being creatively and professionally successful, as having a perfectly maintained home, that sort of thing. Achievement is great, but so is self-care, and constantly having a ticking clock in the back of your head is doing nothing but hurting you.”
― Al Hess, Yours Celestially

“The first hint of dawn kissed the indigo sky; thin seams in gradients of watermelon pink ran between towering skyscrapers.”
― Al Hess, Neuro Noir

“Because I’m full of guilt for what happened in my first life. For the people I hurt…Regardless of whether I’ve earned that guilt or not…I wear it like a coat everywhere I go. I’m afraid that if I take it off and try again with this new family that I love, I’ll eventually screw up and hurt them too. It’s easier to wrap myself up in the guilt and continue to punish myself for my last life than face anything new.”
― Al Hess, Yours Celestially

“I can’t murder him with a letter opener. I can’t. If I do, he’ll be uploaded back into the Renascenz program for poor Metatron to deal with, and eventually he’ll come back with an even hotter body, sit on my desk again, and want to finish this conversation.”
― Al Hess, Yours Celestially

“I’m sorry to disturb you this late at night, and I probably should have waited to call in the morning. I forgot how important it is that you spend a third of your life unconscious.”
― Al Hess, Neuro Noir

“Love doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Whether we like it or not, things change. People change. They grow. The world—even Limbo—keeps moving, and to be unable to let go of something you once had is only asking for suffering. But it doesn’t mean that love isn’t worth it in the first place. It can be wonderful. And in my humble, mortal opinion, it’s worth the risk of pain…It hurts, but sometimes you can’t separate the pain from the joy. It’s just part of it, and you cherish those memories anyway. If you know you’re going to lose Rodrigo, I guess the question is: do you want to try for something wonderful before he goes? It’ll probably make it hurt more in the end, but you’ll have had that time. Those memories. That might be better than never telling him, then regretting it for eternity.”
― Al Hess, Yours Celestially