“I watched that imaginary father grow old and die, watched him soften into a body yielding itself to fate, listened to his whispered deathbed chatter, heard how much he wanted me to understand, as he did, that the world could be beautiful anyway.”
― Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a Man
― Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a Man
“Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”
― A Man Without a Country
― A Man Without a Country
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