Roland had taught him that self-deception was nothing but pride in disguise, an indulgence to be denied.
It’s best to have your tools with you. If you don’t, you’re apt to find something you didn’t expect and get discouraged.
Story is honorable and trustworthy; plot is shifty, and best kept under house arrest.
Artistic talent is far more common than the talent to nurture artistic talent.
A person could see a lot without ever leaving his own living room. Especially if he had the right tools.
The truth is in the details.
Home is where you dance with others, and dancing is life.
It was not fair, it was not fair, it was not fair. So cried his child’s heart, and then his child’s heart died a little. For that is also the way of the world.
If you’re going into a very dark place, then you should take a bright light, and shine it on everything. If you don’t want to see, why in God’s name would you dare the dark at all?
Jesus watches from the wall, But his face is cold as stone, And if he loves me As she tells me Why do I feel so all alone?
Luck’s the word those with poor hearts use for ka...
In the end, the wind takes everything, doesn’t it? And why not? Why other? If the sweetness of our lives did not depart, there would be no sweetness at all.
Humans were built to look back; that’s why we have that swivel joint in our necks.
Tell him he’s wrong. Tell him that even if he’s right about waiting, he’s right for the wrong reasons, and that makes him all the way wrong.
My heart’s with you, Bill, no matter how it turns out. My heart is with all of them, and I think that, even if we forget each other, we’ll remember in our dreams.
We are going to fight. We are going to be hurt. And in the end, we will stand.
Writing’s about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.
There will be water if God wills it.
He found himself still with too many questions and not enough answers.
Drive away and try to keep smiling. Get a little rock and roll on the radio and go toward life with all the courage you can find and all the belief you can muster. Be true, be brave, stand.