Don't Skip Out on Me Quotes

“Mr. Reese had told him that life, at its core, was a cruel burden because we had the knowledge that we were born to die. We were born with innocent eyes and those eyes had to see pain and death and deceit and violence and heartache. If we were lucky we lived long enough to see most everything we love die. But, he said, being honorable and truthful took a little of the sting out of it. It made life bearable. Mr. Reese said liars and cowards were the worst people to know because they broke your heart in a world that is built to break your heart. They poured gas on an already cruel and barely controllable fire.”
― Willy Vlautin, Don't Skip Out on Me

“Horace was alone in the city and he realized that being alone in the city was worse than being alone on the ranch. Because when he was alone on the ranch he had the dream of the city”
― Willy Vlautin, Don't Skip Out on Me

“also began to understand”
― Willy Vlautin, Don't Skip Out on Me

“talk with Mariana behind the counter. He figured this loneliness was also a test. A test of stamina and courage and fortitude. The quest to be a champion”
― Willy Vlautin, Don't Skip Out on Me