Ari Tison > Quotes

“But then I get that feeling I do, to make art is selfish. To art is forgetful, even if what I try to forget still finds its way on the canvas; even in its absence, I am avoiding it all, wanting everything else I’ve never had. …”
― Ari Tison, Saints of the Household

“We are angry, we finally say. This is true. But we don’t know why. This is not true.”
― Ari Tison, Saints of the Household

“Already, the whole world sings of normalcy with Grandpa here. Even the bugs come out at night. They are there singing and fighting all the time. For song’s sake, for sex’s sake, for death’s sake, for life’s sake. I don’t know why I could never hear them from other springs before. How much of all this has been taken from us? What is it worth now?”
― Ari Tison, Saints of the Household

“Dad flinched the smallest bit; I still remember the centimeter. He swore and yelled at us to get our asses into gear and get him a different hammer from his truck. Wasn’t much like the dad who used to check our seat belts twice, then give us a poke on the cheek. If he could see himself today, if he really got a good look, I think the man he was would apologize. The better man.”
― Ari Tison, Saints of the Household

“Maybe someday I will walk down the hall, and someone will see the human in me.”
― Ari Tison, Saints of the Household