Lou

“As Nora had also said, “Nothing will change.” She meant the Catholic Church and the Republicans, but—according to Em—the Republicans would get worse.”
― John Irving, The Last Chairlift

“Loved ones leave us and we go on—ghosts or no ghosts, my way or Molly’s, we still see them. As Matthew and I knew, the dead don’t entirely go away—not if you see them on the subway, or in your heart.”
― John Irving, The Last Chairlift

“The old girl looks up at me with those big brown service dog eyes as if to say: "You have no idea what you're doing with the rest of your life, do you?" "No, Snap. In fact, I don't. Any ideas?”
― Blair Fell, The Sign for Home

“You are never over your childhood, not until you are under the train—unter dem Zug.”
― John Irving, The Last Chairlift