Sometimes what we want to do and what we must do are not the same. Pasquo, the smaller the space between your desire and what is right, the happier you will be.

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.

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.

At peace? Who but the insane would ever be at peace? What person who has enjoyed life could possibly think one is enough? Who could live even a day and not feel the sweet ache of regret?

This is what happens when you live in dreams, he thought: you dream this and you dream that and you sleep right through your life.

What business does memory have with time?

The first seven years that I wrote fiction, I sent out stories and a novel and made a total of $25.