Conversations with adults other than a person's parents had more of an outcome.
Richard FordWhat I know is, you have chance in life--of surviving it--if you tolerate loss well; manage not to be a cynic through it all; to subordinate, as Ruskin implied, to keep proportion, to connect the unequal things into a whole that preserves the good, even if admittedly good is often not simple to find.
Richard Ford. . . no matter the evidence of your life, or who you believe you are, or what you're willing to take credit for or draw your vital strength and pride from--anything at all can follow anything at all.
Richard FordYou can't write ... on the strength of influence. You can only write a good story or a good novel by yourself.
Richard FordTag: inspirational
Most things dopn't stay the way they are very long.
Richard FordMost things don't stay the way they are very long.
Richard FordMy parents...were people running from the past, who didn't look back at much if they could help it, and whose whole life always lay somewhere in the offing.
Richard FordTag: parents life-and-living
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him sing opera.
Richard FordTag: humor
What I know is, you have a better chance in life-of surviving it-if you tolerate loss well;manage not to be a cynic through it all;...
to connect the unequal things into a whole that preserves the good,even if the good is not simple to find. We try, as my sister said. We try.
Life's passed along to us empty. We have to make up the happiness part.
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