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Jess Walter Quotes

No one gets to tell you what your life means! Picture Quote #1

What business does memory have with time? Picture Quote #1

Life, he thought, is a blatant act of imagination Picture Quote #1

All we have is the story we tell Picture Quote #1

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? Picture Quote #1

What kind of wife would I be if I left your father simply because he was dead? Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

And even if they don’t find what they’re looking for, isn’t it enough to be out walking together in the sunlight? Picture Quote #1

He thought it might be the most intimate thing possible, to fall asleep next to someone in the afternoon Picture Quote #1

He wished he could reassure his mother: a man wants many things in life, but when one of them is also the right thing, he would be a fool not to choose it Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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His life was two lives now: the life he would have and the life he would forever wonder about Picture Quote #1

Stories are people. I’m a story, you’re a story... your father is a story. Our stories go in every direction, but sometimes, if we’re lucky, our stories join into one, and for awhile, we’re less alone Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I pretty much drink a cup of coffee, write in my journal for a while, and then sit at a computer in my office and torture the keys. My one saving grace as a writer is that, if I’m having trouble with the novel I’m writing, I write something else, a poem or a short story. I try to avoid writer’s block by always writing something Picture Quote #1

The first seven years that I wrote fiction, I sent out stories and a novel and made a total of $25 Picture Quote #1

If a police officer arrests a mime, does he need to tell him he has the right to remain silent Picture Quote #1

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No one gets to tell you what your life means! (Jess Walter Quotes) What business does memory have with time? (Jess Walter Quotes) Life, he thought, is a blatant act of imagination (Jess Walter Quotes) All we have is the story we tell (Jess Walter Quotes) 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? (Jess Walter Quotes) What kind of wife would I be if I left your father simply because he was dead? (Jess Walter Quotes) 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 (Jess Walter Quotes) And even if they don’t find what they’re looking for, isn’t it enough to be out walking together in the sunlight? (Jess Walter Quotes) He thought it might be the most intimate thing possible, to fall asleep next to someone in the afternoon (Jess Walter Quotes) He wished he could reassure his mother: a man wants many things in life, but when one of them is also the right thing, he would be a fool not to choose it (Jess Walter Quotes) 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 (Jess Walter Quotes) 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 (Jess Walter Quotes) His life was two lives now: the life he would have and the life he would forever wonder about (Jess Walter Quotes) Stories are people. I’m a story, you’re a story... your father is a story. Our stories go in every direction, but sometimes, if we’re lucky, our stories join into one, and for awhile, we’re less alone (Jess Walter 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 (Jess Walter Quotes) I pretty much drink a cup of coffee, write in my journal for a while, and then sit at a computer in my office and torture the keys. My one saving grace as a writer is that, if I’m having trouble with the novel I’m writing, I write something else, a poem or a short story. I try to avoid writer’s block by always writing something (Jess Walter Quotes) The first seven years that I wrote fiction, I sent out stories and a novel and made a total of $25 (Jess Walter Quotes) If a police officer arrests a mime, does he need to tell him he has the right to remain silent (Jess Walter Quotes)

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