Mar Stein

“There is always the possibility of a better life with every change that we face, but sometimes we have to look hard for it. I read a book once that asked me to write out a list of every bad thing that had happened to me and then write all the good things that came out of each bad thing. There were always at least a few. Sometimes they were things that changed my life completely. For the better.”
― David Bowick, How to Disappear Completely

“I was always of the mindset that whatever will be, will be. We can only just try to control our own lives, that because our lives are so hopelessly entangled in the choices of others, we can never have full control over our destiny or fate or purpose or whatever you want to call it. The choices we make define us, of course, but so do the choices of everyone around us whether we know them or not. Instead of contemplating what-if scenarios, I always just tried to accept things.”
― David Bowick, How to Disappear Completely

“There are so many degrees of love that sometimes it’s just there in the background like a jazz guitar player riffing standards in the back of your mind. Sometimes you notice him as he plucks out a tune you actually recognize, but the rest of the time he’s just kind of there.”
― David Bowick, How to Disappear Completely

“It's amazing how people turn to faith when they need something. If I was going to pray, I might as well have asked the Boogie Man to help me, but of course that just sounded silly.”
― David Bowick, How to Disappear Completely