Richard Probert > Quotes

“There are few words to describe the feeling that enters a sailor’s soul when all the elements are working in favor of a great sail.”
― Richard Probert, That Good Night

“You remember when you first saw the “Luce di Dio”?
“Yeah, and?”
“The light in the stone. That’s-a like the love. You see the light that’s inside the person. You don’t see that, the love it’s not there. And I tell you one more thing, to get to the “Luce”, it takes the trust and the courage to find it. You know, like opening the stone. You must be gentle, not to hit the hammer too hard. “Capire?”
― Richard Probert, Whereabouts Unknown

“Love and forgiveness are much the same thing. Do one and you get the other. Fail one and you fail at both. The important thing is not to let anger get in the way. You must put that aside in order to experience the rest.”
― Richard Probert, Whereabouts Unknown

“Feeling wanted. Loved. If you’ve got that, you’ve got the world.”
― Richard Probert, That Good Night

“The assisted living section of Sunset and nursing were full of men like Roberts—all they could talk about was what was, not is or what might be but what was. Their lives were past-tense.”
― Richard Probert, That Good Night