A reader is entitled to believe what he or she believes is consonant with the facts of the book. It is not unusual that readers take away something that is spiritually at variance from what I myself experienced. That's not to say readers make up the book they want. We all have to agree on the facts. But readers bring their histories and all sets of longings. A book will pluck the strings of those longings differently among different readers.
I know you can dream your way through an otherwise fine life, and never wake up, which is what I almost did. - Richard Ford
I know you can dream your way through an otherwise fine life, and never wake up, which is what I almost did.
- Richard Ford
Fear and hope are alike underneath. - Richard Ford
Fear and hope are alike underneath.
Love isn’t a thing, after all, but an endless series of single acts. - Richard Ford
Love isn’t a thing, after all, but an endless series of single acts.
The art of living your life has a lot to do with getting over loss. The less the past haunts you, the better. - Richard Ford
The art of living your life has a lot to do with getting over loss. The less the past haunts you, the better.
When people realize they are being listened to, they tell you things. - Richard Ford
When people realize they are being listened to, they tell you things.
Your life doesn't mean what you have or what you get. Its what your'e willing to give up. - Richard Ford
Your life doesn't mean what you have or what you get. Its what your'e willing to give up.
If you lose all hope, you can always find it again. - Richard Ford
If you lose all hope, you can always find it again.
Some idiotic things are well worth doing. - Richard Ford
Some idiotic things are well worth doing.
Someone ... tell us what's important, because we no longer know. - Richard Ford
Someone ... tell us what's important, because we no longer know.
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