The Narrow Way Quotes

“This is the road of the long slow decline. You know it well. You who have watched helpless as son, daughter, sister, brother, husband, wife, friend stood uncertain at its crossroads before taking that single decisive step. Maybe you took that step yourself. Either way, you know that there is no getting off of this road until the traveler has reached its inevitable end. The road twists and winds and goes on into an unseen, distant horizon. Sometimes there are breakdowns. Sometimes there is hope. Sometimes the ones we love crash and die. There may be rest stops along the way on this road, side trips into what looks like happiness or sanity. But these are only mirages that shimmer and dissolve when we reach out to grab them. They are not real life or real rest stops. In the end, the traveler must figure out why he got on the road in the first place before making that final choice to get off.”
― Chris Lemig, Narrow Way: A Memoir Of Coming Out, Getting Clean and Finding Buddha

“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense. ~ The Buddha”
― Chris Lemig, Narrow Way: A Memoir Of Coming Out, Getting Clean and Finding Buddha

“The message is now seared in my mind: To tell the truth is to lie; to lie is to tell the truth.”
― Chris Lemig, Narrow Way: A Memoir Of Coming Out, Getting Clean and Finding Buddha