“I understood that no one lives forever, but there are certain people whose power and presence so thoroughly penetrate your view of things that contemplating their absence feels as strange as imagining having never been born yourself.”
― Mission to America
― Mission to America
“Accents don't show up in music.”
― Pinball
― Pinball
“They lived in a blurry world, those two, where clear, consistent intentions weren't required.”
― Mission to America
― Mission to America
“I'd forgotten this about women: so many conditions. A man shouldn't take them to heart, and yet he does, because he doesn't want to be alone.”
― Mission to America
― Mission to America
“His voice sounded more sincere in these surroundings, less distorted by pride and pain.”
― Mission to America
― Mission to America
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