I don't really know why, but danger has always been an important thing in my life - to see how far I could lean without falling, how fast I could go without cracking up.
William HoldenI feel lousy about the pain that I've caused my wife and kids. I feel guilty and conscience-stricken, and all of those things you think sentimental, but which my generation calls simple human decency. And I miss my home, because I'm beginning to get scared shitless, because all of a sudden it's closer to the end than the beginning, and death is suddenly a perceptible thing to me, with definable features.
William HoldenShe's television generation. She learned life from Bugs Bunny. The only reality she knows comes to her through the television set.
William HoldenThere's nothing tragic about being fifty. Not unless you're trying to be twenty-five.
William HoldenWhen you side with a man, you stay with him. And if you can't do that, you're like some animal. You're finished. We're finished. All of us.
William HoldenGratitude based on a faith that everything that happens or doesnโt happen in your life is for your own best interests. That we live in a purposeful universe. Life is always for you; it is never against you. It is a fact that blessings sometimes come wrapped in fear, pain, and tears. In choosing to practice unconditional gratitude you are choosing to trust the process, to honor your feelings and to place your faith in an outcome of inevitable grace.
William Holden