The Chair Quotes

“I’m not scared of dying. Not at all. The only thing I’m scared of is not living while I’m still alive.”
― James L. Rubart, The Chair

“I think all people have things in their past they need forgiveness for. In their present as well. And they need to be extended grace for what they regret.”
― James L. Rubart, The Chair

“Dads are supposed to pursue sons, not the other way around.”
― James L. Rubart, The Chair

“You need to let some light into whatever dark closest you’re hanging out in at the moment.”
― James L. Rubart, The Chair

“If I died tomorrow, he wouldn’t cheer, he wouldn’t break down. He wouldn’t do anything.”
― James L. Rubart, The Chair

“Its not that he didn’t appreciate his dishwasher. There was something about washing dishes by hand that was therapeutic, as if he could wash away the regrets of the past and photos he wanted to wipe out of his memory forever.”
― James L. Rubart, The Chair

“I have to fight the dreams every night, brother. I can’t do it in real life as well.”
― James L. Rubart, The Chair

“Have you ever told him how you feel? What he meant to you, what he probably still means to you?”
― James L. Rubart, The Chair

“No! He tried to shout out but the water surged into his mouth and lungs choking his cry. Then darkness. And nothingness. Always the nothingness. Thicker this time as if it had fingers pulling him down and pulling the life out of him. Pulling his soul out of him.”
― James L. Rubart, The Chair

“He glanced through the kitchen door at Tori sitting in front of his laptop. Would they be together in two months? Two years? Two decades? Did he want to be with her that long? Maybe. He didn’t know and suspected she didn’t know either. Three months together wasn’t long enough to know, Actually it was. but he still needed time to…”
― James L. Rubart, The Chair

“I’ll persuade you to tell me all about what kind of waters you’ve muddled your feet in, and I’ll tell you about the trouble I’ve led skirmishes into for the past decade.”
― James L. Rubart, The Chair

“Don’t do that to me. Losing you would not be good for my mental health, get it?”
― James L. Rubart, The Chair

“All I saw in his eyes during my last impromptu was visit was apathy. A healthy dose of it. It’s not that he hates me; it’s that he’s devoid of any type of emotions toward me.”
― James L. Rubart, The Chair

“On your heart, what are you hearing from God?”
― James L. Rubart, The Chair

“Real life isn’t like those comic books you love so much.”
― James L. Rubart, The Chair

“Did you know that almost everybody has stuff in their life they don’t like dealing with? And stuff they’re scared of?”
― James L. Rubart, The Chair

“You know, people think I’m a little crazy because of what I do for fun, but I don’t think I have anything on you.”
― James L. Rubart, The Chair

“A man who is told learns with his head; a man who experiences the lesson learns with”
― James L. Rubart, The Chair

“When you wish upon objects in the sky, Not knowing if you’ll live or die, Heal my heart and heal my head, And for once sweet dreams, When I crash in bed.”
― James L. Rubart, The Chair