Tramps Like Us Quotes

“We had all come out of our own separate nightmares to a place where just being ourselves was okay, not dangerous. That was a strange new feeling, reason alone to celebrate.”
― Joe Westmoreland, Tramps Like Us: A Novel

“He told me drinking Coke was about as good for you as eating a color TV.”
― Joe Westmoreland, Tramps Like Us: A Novel

“As I lay there I started thinking about what it would be like if I were to die. I couldn’t die. I hadn’t done anything with my life yet. I was just getting started. But what if I was to die? I got still at that thought. What if I was going to die? Well, I guess I’d die. I’d have to be grateful for the life I’ve led and just leave it at that. Not much I could do about it. Then panic set in. I didn’t want to die.”
― Joe Westmoreland, Tramps Like Us: A Novel