“I have loved you for 25 years, and I never loved anyone better. That kind of love, you only get it when you're young and stupid. I'm not gonna get it again. And when I tell my daughter the story of the great love of my life, I want it to have a happy ending.”
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“It is easier to be cruel, or unfair, to people in groups and in the abstract; harder to do so toward a specific person in your midst, especially if you know them already.”
― Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
― Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
“For those who remember if not mourn an epoch of lost greatness, it may be impossible to accept that there is no return. But for those of us who were raised only among its shards, and who grew up questioning if it was ever as great as advertised, embracing the permanence of change is the only thing that can liberate us to move forward.”
― Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
― Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
“AN ADVENTURE IS ONLY an inconvenience rightly considered,”
― Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
― Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
“I think there are people that help you become the person you end up being, and you can be grateful for them, even if they were never meant to be in your life forever.”
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