Lam Ton
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“If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives.”
― The Ersatz Elevator
― The Ersatz Elevator
“I wanted so badly to lie down next to her on the couch, to wrap my arms around her and sleep. Not fuck, like in those movies. Not even have sex. Just sleep together in the most innocent sense of the phrase. But I lacked the courage and she had a boyfriend and I was gawky and she was gorgeous and I was hopelessly boring and she was endlessly fascinating. So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was hurricane.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“But I didn't walk a single step. I stopped a lot to stretch, but I never walked. I didn't come here to walk. I came to run. That's the reason-the only reason-I flew all the way to the northern tip of Japan. No matter how slow I might run, I wasn't about to walk. That was the rule.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“Nostalgia is a necessary thing, I believe, and a way for all of us to find peace in that which we have accomplished, or even failed to accomplish. At the same time, if nostalgia precipitates actions to return to that fabled, rosy-painted time, particularly in one who believes his life to be a failure, then it is an empty thing, doomed to produce nothing but frustration and an even greater sense of failure.”
― Streams of Silver
― Streams of Silver
“Never apologize for having high standards. People who really want to be in your life will rise up to meet them.”
― Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics
― Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics
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