“Death's an old story, but new for each person.”
― Fathers and Children: Introduction by John Bayley
― Fathers and Children: Introduction by John Bayley
“After the film it was raining, a light steady rain. Ruthless neon on the wet streets like busted candy.”
― Nobody Move
― Nobody Move
“Now he slept soundly through the nights, and often he dreamed of trains, and often of one particular train: He was on it; he could smell the coal smoke; a world went by. And then he was standing in that world as the sound of the train died away. A frail familiarity in these scenes hinted to him that they came from his childhood. Sometimes he woke to hear the sound of the Spokane International fading up the valley and realized he’d been hearing the locomotive as he dreamed.”
― Train Dreams
― Train Dreams
“I note that I've lived longer in the past now, than I can expect to live in the future. I have more to remember than I have to look forward to. Memory fades, not much of the past stays, and I wouldn't mind forgetting more of it.”
― The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
― The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
“He was in his fifties. He'd wasted his entire life. Such people were very dear to those of us who'd wasted only a few years.”
― Jesus’ Son
― Jesus’ Son
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