Gabe

“People got such a charge from seeing their names in print. Proof of existence. I could picture a squabble of ghosts ripping through piles of newspapers. Pointing at a name on the page. See, there I am. I told you I lived. I told you I was.”
― Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects

“A football dream is easy to spot. Turn on SportsCenter and they’ll show you what it looks like. Tom Brady’s life. Peyton Manning’s life. Fairy tales. Storybooks. The football dream I had as a child unfolded much differently. But it has still unfolded. Every crease and every line, ever grunt and every pop, I’m playing the game I love. The grass is still green, the hits still hurt, and the ball in flight is still the most beautiful sight I know. I will chase it to the ends of the earth.”
― Nate Jackson, Slow Getting Up: A Story of NFL Survival from the Bottom of the Pile

“There are human subplots to every football game—ethereal manifestations of childhood dreams—but we rarely notice them because there just isn’t time.”
― Nate Jackson, Slow Getting Up: A Story of NFL Survival from the Bottom of the Pile

“I wish I didn’t want the exotic man who knows the entire history of jazz, and instead wanted the teacher, who has his flaws but whose kindness is as rare as genius.”
― Merritt Tierce, Love Me Back