Suzanne

“There’s the story of the Kentucky Derby party when a group of famous people, including baseball star Cal Ripken, had cornered Julian to talk whiskey and Wayne Gretzky kept coming up and interrupting, until Julian finally wheeled around and said, “Why don’t you shut the fuck up, Wayne?”
― Wright Thompson, Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last

“everyone was drinking like they needed to forget some horrible thing they'd done”
― Wright Thompson, Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last

“Our fathers are often mysteries to us and therefore we are often mysteries to ourselves.”
― Wright Thompson, Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last

“What became clear in Michigan was that Julian and Sissy have become the fully realized version of themselves through success. That's actually rare. I profile famous and successful athletes for a living and almost no one understands that success is merely a currency to spend on one big purchase. Do you use it to try to get more success? To maintain the attention and bright lights? Or do you buy a life with it? The kind of life most people really want. I wanted what they have, wanted to organize the next act of my life, the one that moved finally past my youthful dreams and the rage and ambition that come shaped and fueled by my most broken and insecure self.”
― Wright Thompson, Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last