The Five Times I Met Myself Quotes

“The one who gets his validation from what he does is dying. The one who gets his validation from who he is, from who God sees he is—that’s the man who is alive now.”
― James L. Rubart, The Five Times I Met Myself: A Novel

“She looked at him with eyes of sadness, which was worse than accusation. When she turned away to stare at his wall of achievements again, she spoke in a whisper. “I was always the wind. You never were. And I have no wind left.”
― James L. Rubart, The Five Times I Met Myself: A Novel

“You’re just a hiker out for a stroll, huh?” “Something like that.” A marmot skittered across the trail as his younger self laughed and said, “Sure you are.”
― James L. Rubart, The Five Times I Met Myself: A Novel

“Sheila Waterson had been his high-school sweetheart. College sweetheart as well. And when they broke up—and even though Brock had been the one who did the breaking—she walked away with a piece of his heart.”
― James L. Rubart, The Five Times I Met Myself: A Novel

“MAY 10, 2015 The dream had come again last night, just as it had sliced into Brock’s subconscious the night before that.”
― James L. Rubart, The Five Times I Met Myself: A Novel

“Maybe that's what dying to self means. Where you're not worried about being loved, but how well you can love one another.”
― James L. Rubart, The Five Times I Met Myself