Why did everything always change when all you wanted, all you had ever humbly asked of whatever God there might be, was that certain things be allowed to stay the same?
if you wanted to do something absolutely honest, something true, it always turned out to be a thing that had to be done alone. - Richard Yates
if you wanted to do something absolutely honest, something true, it always turned out to be a thing that had to be done alone.
- Richard Yates
If my work has a theme, I suspect it is a simple one: that most human beings are inescapably alone, and therein lies their tragedy. - Richard Yates
If my work has a theme, I suspect it is a simple one: that most human beings are inescapably alone, and therein lies their tragedy.
Can you really think artists and writers are the only people entitled to lives of their own? - Richard Yates
Can you really think artists and writers are the only people entitled to lives of their own?
He knew it was possible for shame to be nursed and doctored like an illness, if you wanted to keep it separate from the rest of your life, but that d… - Richard Yates
He knew it was possible for shame to be nursed and doctored like an illness, if you wanted to keep it separate from the rest of your life, but that d…
No one forgets the truth; they just get better at lying. - Richard Yates
No one forgets the truth; they just get better at lying.
Being alone has nothing to do with how many people are around. - Richard Yates
Being alone has nothing to do with how many people are around.
And do you know a funny thing? I'm almost fifty years old and I've never understood anything in my whole life. - Richard Yates
And do you know a funny thing? I'm almost fifty years old and I've never understood anything in my whole life.
Do you know what the definition of insane is? Yes. It’s the inability to relate to another human being. It’s the inability to love. - Richard Yates
Do you know what the definition of insane is? Yes. It’s the inability to relate to another human being. It’s the inability to love.
if you don’t try at anything, you can’t fail… it takes back bone to lead the life you want - Richard Yates
if you don’t try at anything, you can’t fail… it takes back bone to lead the life you want
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