The First Wish of Mr. Murray McBride Quotes

“If love is what is given, you have complete control over how much love you have in your life. Because at any time - no matter the situation - you can choose to give it. If you want more love in your life, simply give more away. We have an infinite supply inside of us that can never run dry,”
― Joe Siple, The First Wish of Mr. Murray McBride

“Having lived for nearly one hundred years, I've come to believe that all of life can be beautiful. Sure, there are things like sunsets and newborn babies, or lightning in the distance on a summer evening and home runs at Wrigley Field. Those are what I think of as "easy beautiful". But then there's "hard beautiful," and it's a real thing too.”
― Joe Siple, The First Wish of Mr. Murray McBride

“Poor chap, that Alzheimer. Discover a disease, do a bit of good for science, and what do you get? People hate the sound of your name for the rest of eternity, that’s what.”
― Joe Siple, The First Wish of Mr. Murray McBride

“We always assume things will be pretty much the same as they were the day before. On some level, we understand that things change, but we convince ourselves that nothing tragic will happen on this day. It might happen some other day in our lives, but not this day.”
― Joe Siple, The First Wish of Mr. Murray McBride

“After all, it’s a rare man lucky enough to spend his entire life with the woman he loves.”
― Joe Siple, The First Wish of Mr. Murray McBride

“should I explain that eighty years isn’t some sort of accomplishment, like everyone insists, because each and every one of those years was a privilege?”
― Joe Siple, The First Wish of Mr. Murray McBride