Laura’s Reviews > Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction > Status Update

“Fortunately there is a beautiful boy.
Unfortunately he has a terrible disease.
Fortunately there is love and joy.
Unfortunately there is pain and misery.
Fortunately the story is not over.” (290)

“I’m happy. I know my where she is. I know she’s alive. Last year we were so excited that she was enrolled at Harvard. Now im relieved she’s in jail.” (176)

“When I was twenty-four, I interviewed John Lennon. I asked him about this sentiment, one that pervades rock and roll. He took strong, outraged exception to it. “It’s better to fade away like an old soldier than to burn out,” he said. “I worship the people who survive. I’ll take the living and the healthy.” (118)