Baron Ryan > Quotes

“Life is just one big question, that’s all it ever is. But what is that question? Ah, that is the question.”
― Baron Ryan

“I have constant nostalgia for the future,” she said out of nowhere. “It’s when you experience a moment, and you know the moment will end, and you know you’ll miss it, so you experience two kinds of longings—one now and one then.”
― Baron Ryan, A Comedy of Nobodies: A Collection of Stories

“Our pain is plagiarized from the same sources.”
― Baron Ryan, A Comedy of Nobodies: A Collection of Stories

“It takes many years for a man to realize that his punishment is a present.”
― Baron Ryan, A Comedy of Nobodies: A Collection of Stories

“Despite all that's wrong with life, you can still hold small flashes of joy that fight the dark like fireworks in the night. No matter how completely you foul up your life, somehow these flashes keep you going on the promise you can start over. You can begin again, I. think in that moment. You can begin again.”
― Baron Ryan, A Comedy of Nobodies: A Collection of Stories

“Being young and unafraid is about just that, multiple acts of pointless wandering concluded by some life lesson you already learned at twelve.”
― Baron Ryan