Scott Alexander Howard > Quotes

“What I felt was a kind of thrilling sadness, something I have since experienced when looking out over other open spaces and lonely boundaries: an emotion that lives on the desolate edge of the known.”
― Scott Alexander Howard, The Other Valley

“Ambition might be like a living organism, reliant on nurture to grow. With some encouragement, mine had protruded from the dirt, a tiny shoot crawling toward the light.”
― Scott Alexander Howard, The Other Valley

“The bleakness felt welcome. At last I sat up and entered the ache of the day.”
― Scott Alexander Howard, The Other Valley

“It’s not bad to want comfort, or respect from others. It matters more than you think.”
― Scott Alexander Howard, The Other Valley

“Thirty‑six, good god, it’s practically forty. What is it with age…? … It feels normal to me. I guess we always have our whole lives to prepare for the age that we are.”
― Scott Alexander Howard, The Other Valley

“Non esiste quello che sarebbe dovuto accadere, ma solo quello che è accaduto: ci si adatta o niente.”
― Scott Alexander Howard, The Other Valley

“Happy birthday, mine’s in July. Thirty‑six, good god, it’s practically forty. What is it with age…? … It feels normal to me. I guess we always have our whole lives to prepare for the age that we are.”
― Scott Alexander Howard

“Era un bel nome, Edme Pira. Se lo si pronunciava ad alta voce, ogni parola terminava con le labbra aperte, come se promettesse qualcosa di più.”
― Scott Alexander Howard, The Other Valley

“Thirty-six, good god, it's practically forty. What is it with age, how sometimes a number seems normal, and other times it seems completely bizarre?
I ventured a laugh. I don't know. It feels normal to me. I guess we always have our whole lives to prepare for the age that we are.”
― Scott Alexander Howard, The Other Valley

“Era così che le razionalizzazioni potevano essere smussate fino a ridursi ai fatti; che gli scrupoli potevano erodersi col tempo. Il tempo, però, era la cosa peggiore da contemplare.”
― Scott Alexander Howard, The Other Valley