Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter
Top 10 Best Quotes
“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.”
“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.”
“His life was two lives now: the life he would have and the life he would forever wonder about.”
“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.”
“I think so, too. I know I felt that way. For years. It was as if I was a character in a movie and the real action was about to start at any minute. But I think some people wait forever, and only at the end of their lives do they realize that their life has happened while they were waiting for it to start.”
“And even if they don't find what they're looking for, isn't it enough to be out walking together in the sunlight?”
“All we have is the story we tell. Everything we do, every decision we make, our strength, weakness, motivation, history, and character-what we believe-none of it is real; it's all part of the story we tell. But here's the thing: it's our goddamned story!”
“What kind of wife would I be if I left your father simply because he was dead?”
“Then she smiled, and in that instant, if such a thing were possible, Pasquale fell in love, and he would remain in love for the rest of his life--not so much with the woman, whom he didn't even know, but with the moment.”
“But I think some people wait forever, and only at the end of their lives do they realize that their life has happened while they were waiting for it to start.”
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Book Keywords:
being-alone, widowhood, life, death-of-a-loved-one, stories
