Rather, embracing the journey, operating with respect, and being intentional about authentic connections are necessary.
“Finally they erected a billboard with a large image of a lot of white people drinking coffee and looking very happy, though quite what that had to do with an old bomb site, or even Unity Street, it was hard to understand. It was mid-afternoon by the time they were finished.”
― The Music Shop
― The Music Shop
“Twenty-one years can be condensed to very few words. Is that a good thing or a bad one? It’s just the way it is.”
― The Music Shop
― The Music Shop
“Oh, this is not going to be an uplifting conversation. He’s either going to bore the ever-living hell out of me or try to sell me something. Maybe both.”
― Radio Radio
― Radio Radio
“But I’m starting to think Thoreau might have been full of shit. If we aren’t living for others, maybe we aren’t really living.”
― So Far Gone
― So Far Gone
“opposite of what language should do, which is leave a mark. They want the language to be forgettable, familiar, digestible. To enter into the reader and disappear without a trace.”
― State of Paradise
― State of Paradise
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