… but only because exhaustion is a life-sign; it is at least a form of being human.
John IrvingThis is a writer’s lesson:
To learn that the sounds that we imagine can be the clearest, loudest sounds of all.
We will often do anything to pretend that nothing is on our minds.
John IrvingWe often need to lose sight of our priorities in order to see them.
John IrvingTags: perspective self-discovery mistakes revelation
As it was, things went from bad to worse, as they often will when amateurs are involved in an activity that they perform in bad temper – or in a hurry.
John IrvingI’m not afraid, but I’m very nervous.
John IrvingDon’t you understand?” he would say, “You imagine the story better than I remember it.
John IrvingYou take every opportunity given you in this world, even if you have too many opportunities. One day, the opportunities stop, you know.
John IrvingWhat she might have told him was that taxidermy, like sex, is a very personal subject; the manner in which we impose it on others should be discreet.
John IrvingSafer than we are.” I told Franny. “Safer than love.” “let me tell ya kid,” Franny said to me, squeezing my hand. “Everything’s safer than love.
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