West of Here Quotes

“We are born haunted, he said, his voice weak, but still clear. Haunted by our fathers and mothers and daughters, and by people we don't remember. We are haunted by otherness, by the path not taken, by the life unlived. We are haunted by the changing winds and the ebbing tides of history. And even as our own flame burns brightest, we are haunted by the embers of the first dying fire. But mostly, said Lord Jim, we are haunted by ourselves.”
― Jonathan Evison, West of Here

“Can we really be whoever we want to be, now that we’ve collected all that we are?”
― Jonathan Evison, West of Here

“He prayed for clear skies and discovery, for danger and heartache and laughter, for a life beyond fear, a life that got bigger, really got bigger, as it receded.”
― Jonathan Evison, West of Here

“A man’s destiny is not in the eyes of others. It’s in his own. And that, my young friend, is as good as any bank note.”
― Jonathan Evison, West of Here

“He threw himself headlong at a job as if were he to stop the job would throw itself headlong back at him.”
― Jonathan Evison, West of Here

“It was quiet and smooth -a gazelle trapped in the body of a wart hog.”
― Jonathan Evison, West of Here