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“I hate when people ask what a book is about. People who read for plot, people who suck out the story like the cream filling in an Oreo, should stick to comic strips and soap operas. . . . Every book worth a damn is about emotions and love and death and pain. It's about words. It's about a man dealing with life. Okay?”

Emotion Books Plot

Author:J.R. Moehringer

“Angst ist der Schlüssel zum Erfolg und der Hauptgrund für dein Scheitern, Angst ist das zugrunde liegende Dilemma in jeder Geschihte, die du dir über dich selbst erzählst. Und was ist die einzige Chance, die du gegen Angst hast? Folge ihr. Lass dich von ihr leiten.”

Book:The Tender Bar: A Memoir

Source: The Tender Bar: A Memoir

“Sometimes I felt so alone that I wish there were a bigger, longer word for alone. I tried to tell Grandma about this feeling, about my suspicion that life was nicking away pieces of me.”

Life Loneliness

Book:The Tender Bar: A Memoir

Source: The Tender Bar: A Memoir

“And because I found it in my youth, the bar was that much more sacred, its image clouded by that special reverence children accord those places where they feel safe. Others might feel this way about a classroom or playground, a theater or church, a laboratory or library or stadium. Even a home. But none of these places claimed me. We exalt what is at hand. Had I grown up beside a river or an ocean, some natural avenue of self-discovery and escape, I might have mythologized it. Instead I grew up 142 steps from a glorious old American tavern, and that has made all the difference.”

Youth Memory Bars Tavern

Book:The Tender Bar: A Memoir

Source: The Tender Bar: A Memoir

“Empathy is thin gruel compared to the marrow of existence.”

Prince Harry Ghostwriter

Author:J.R. Moehringer

“Time is a thief, but he's not subtle. He's a thug. And youth is a little old lady walking through the park with a pocketbook full of cash. You want to avoid being like youth? You want to keep time from robbing you? Hold on for dear life, boys. When time tries to snatch something from you, just grab tighter. Don't let go. That's what memory is. Not letting go.”

Sutton J R Moehringer

Book:Sutton

Source: Sutton

“I love to read sir. I always have. But when I walk into a library or a bookshop, I get overwhelmed. I don't know where to start. Start anywhere. How do I know what's worth my time and what's a waste? None of it is waste. Any book is better than no book. Slowly, surely, one will lead you to another, which will lead you to the best.”

Sutton J R Moehringer

Book:Sutton

Source: Sutton

“Money. Love. There's not a problem that isn't caused by one or the other. And there's not a problem that can't be solved by one or the other.”

Sutton J R Moehringer

Book:Sutton

Source: Sutton

“Did you know Socrates said we love whatever we lack? Or think we lack? Socrates? If you feel stupid, you'll fall for someone brainy. If you feel ugly, you'll flip your lid for someone who's easy on the eyes.”

Sutton J R Moehringer

Book:Sutton

Source: Sutton

“The glint of devilment in his bright blue eyes, so blue that the FBI once described them in bulletins as azure. It's the rare bank robber who moves the FBI to such lyricism.”

Sutton J R Moehringer Willie Sutton

Author:J.R. Moehringer

“Yeah, says the Newsday reporter, he's a real pacifist. He's the Gandhi of Gangsters.”

Sutton J R Moehringer

Book:Sutton

Source: Sutton

“Bess and I had a talk. January 1919. Everything flowed from that talk, that moment. Everything. Look back on your life and see if you can pinpoint the moment when everything changed. If you can't? That means you haven't had your momemt yet, and you better hold on to your ass, it's coming.”

Sutton J R Moehringer

Book:Sutton

Source: Sutton

“Life is complicated, love isn't. If you need to think about it for one half second, you're not in love.”

Sutton J R Moehringer

Book:Sutton

Source: Sutton