The Bright Lands Quotes

“In all of his Instagram photos, Joel’s little brother had never once appeared to be anything but affable and handsome and casually, ruthlessly charming in the way of Southern boys who knew their towns were made for them.”
― John Fram, The Bright Lands

“Kimbra had been around football long enough to understand that its players weren’t just boys throwing a ball: they were everything the men of this town used to be, or never were, the walking realization of every frustrated hope and squandered opportunity and dream.”
― John Fram, The Bright Lands

“Nobody ever taught me how to ask for help.”
― John Fram, The Bright Lands

“Only an empty cascade of bleachers charged with all the promise of youth and time and the thin, irresistible potential for glory.”
― John Fram, The Bright Lands

“but they’re never auspicious, are they, the places where your life is detonated?”
― John Fram, The Bright Lands

“Luke knew one thing and one thing only: he was definitely, definitely about that faggot shit.”
― John Fram, The Bright Lands

“No big deal. His dream hadn’t left him, after all. It had only followed him into his waking life”
― John Fram, The Bright Lands

“Because this is the only goddamn game you’ve got. You ain’t got school—school we’ll take care of. A job? That’s later. You boys, all you boys have is this”
― John Fram, The Bright Lands

“My herd, my glory; my autumn years, my rightful story..”
― John Fram, The Bright Lands