Suzanne

“He doesn’t inspire selfies as much as handshakes.”
― Wright Thompson, Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last

“What became clear in Michigan was that Julian and Sissy have become the fully realized version of themselves through success. That's actually rare. I profile famous and successful athletes for a living and almost no one understands that success is merely a currency to spend on one big purchase. Do you use it to try to get more success? To maintain the attention and bright lights? Or do you buy a life with it? The kind of life most people really want. I wanted what they have, wanted to organize the next act of my life, the one that moved finally past my youthful dreams and the rage and ambition that come shaped and fueled by my most broken and insecure self.”
― Wright Thompson, Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last

“This guy is handier than a pocket in a shirt.”
― Wright Thompson, Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last

“When tomorrow comes this day will be gone forever, leaving something it its place I have traded for it.”
― Wright Thompson, Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last