What kind of wife would I be if I left your father simply because he was dead?

His life was two lives now: the life he would have and the life he would forever wonder about.

A writer needs four things to achieve greatness, Pasquale: desire, disappointment, and the sea.” “That’s only three.” Alvis finished his wine. “You have to do disappointment twice.

No one gets to tell you what your life means!

I've been a dad since I was nineteen, so I think a lot about fatherhood and the power of that sacrifice in your life.

He found himself in habiting the vast, empty plateau where most people live, between boredom and contentment.

Maybe every couple lived in the gaps between conversations, unable to say the important things for fear they had already been said, or couldn't be said; maybe every relationship started over every time two people came together.