Peter Gould > Quotes

“Have you ever been writing something when you just forgot where you were, and what time it was, and you kept diving down deeper into your words?

No, it's more like diving down through your words--past them, and way further down into someplace out.

In fact, it doesn't matter whether you're naked or not, since the next thing is, you leave your body totally behind and just go off into your mind. A whole other part of your mind.”
― Peter Gould, Write Naked

“It's not her fault," she said. "Nobody knows how to grieve in this country. They don't make any noise. Nobody taught them how. I don't want to be that way.”
― Peter Gould

“Every spoken thought is just a symbol for something inside your brain. This word, out here, is like that thought in there. But it's never exact. So, looking at it another way, every word you say is a lie.”
― Peter Gould, Write Naked

“Keep my word' is such a strange expression. At first glance, it just means 'Be true to what you agreed on. But it could also mean, 'Hold your words back.' Keep them in. Let your actions speak instead.”
― Peter Gould, Write Naked

“They say desire is this endless loop. You can’t get out of it even when you get what you desire.”

“Why is that?”

“Because as soon as you get what you want, you’re going to want it again, or want more. And since you can never really be satisfied, you suffer. Or if you use up what you desired, you suffer even more.”
― Peter Gould, Write Naked

“It's not her fault,' she said. 'Nobody knows how to grieve in this country. They don't make any noise. Nobody taught them how. I don't want to be that way.”
― Peter Gould, Write Naked

“Grief can be an incredible source of energy. For good.”
― Peter Gould, Write Naked

“Has it taught you to look at things different?' he asked.

i thought, How does he know about all that? But i didn't have to ask him, because he just nodded toward his house.

'I bounce around them four walls a lot, Victor. I write some letters, I keep in touch with people. Putting your thoughts on paper, it makes you stop and notice stuff. Kind of slows you down.”
― Peter Gould, Write Naked

“Victor, if you read this stuff, you can save people in the past from drowning. It's like time is a river, and it's nighttime, and you can hear people calling, Help, we're disappearing! So you stop and listen. That's how you save them.”
― Peter Gould, Write Naked