Charlesgate Confidential Quotes

“The problem is, you’re always the leading man in your mind. In real life, you may wake up to find out you’re just an extra.”
― Scott Von Doviak, Charlesgate Confidential

“His story was incredible—literally, in the sense that it was not credible.”
― Scott Von Doviak, Charlesgate Confidential

“Somewhere in there I was married for about five minutes to a woman who deserved better.”
― Scott Von Doviak, Charlesgate Confidential

“Only you know and I know, as the song goes. I wouldn’t blame you for hating me, but I’m relieved to hear you don’t.”
― Scott Von Doviak, Charlesgate Confidential

“When Emerson took over the Charlesgate in 1981, the building came with several rent-controlled tenants the college had been powerless to evict. At least one of them still lived in the building, and she was a legendary presence on the third floor, regarded by some as yet another supernatural manifestation.”
― Scott Von Doviak, Charlesgate Confidential

“The Rosebud Diner in Somerville was a refurbished trolley car that smelled of strong coffee and burnt toast and employed only geriatric women with foul tempers.”
― Scott Von Doviak, Charlesgate Confidential

“This story has surfaced in several articles about Charlesgate’s alleged paranormal history, but at press time, the ghost had yet to respond to the Beacon’s interview requests.”
― Scott Von Doviak, Charlesgate Confidential

“I was on my third major at Emerson: I’d started in television, switched to radio in the second semester of my freshman year, and now I was pursuing a degree in print journalism. Essentially, I was moving backward in time. By next semester, I’d be majoring in cave painting.”
― Scott Von Doviak, Charlesgate Confidential

“She thought he was falling in love with her, but love wasn’t really part of Jake’s emotional palette anymore.”
― Scott Von Doviak, Charlesgate Confidential

“It was all like a movie—hell, it was a whole damn film festival.”
― Scott Von Doviak, Charlesgate Confidential

“In the moment, there wasn’t much time to appreciate the irony of a fire that had essentially been caused by a fire alarm.”
― Scott Von Doviak, Charlesgate Confidential

“I’ve got the Halloween soundtrack here somewhere,” said Murtagh with a devilish smirk. He was big on the devilish smirk. It worked for him.”
― Scott Von Doviak, Charlesgate Confidential

“Jackie wasn’t just out of my league—we weren’t even playing the same sport.”
― Scott Von Doviak, Charlesgate Confidential