Rob

“What’s friendship’s realest measure? I’ll tell you. The amount of precious time you’ll squander on someone else’s calamities and fuck-ups.”
― Richard Ford, The Sportswriter

“Things happen when people are not where they belong, and the world moves forward and back by that principle.”
― Richard Ford, Canada

“Conversations with adults other than a person's parents had more of an outcome.”
― Richard Ford

“I'm going to be a star some day," she announced as though daring him to contradict her.

"I'm sure you..."

"It's my life. It's the only thing in the whole world that I want."

"It's good to know what you want. I used to be a bookkeeper in a hotel,
but..."

"If I'm not, I'll commit suicide.”
― Nathanael West, The Day of the Locust