“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.” PeopleSaidTwoImportantTogetherCoupleConversationImportant ThingsGaps Author:Jess Walter
“There are only two good outcomes for a quest like this, the hope of the serendipitous savant — sail for Asia and stumble on America — and the hope of scarecrows and tin men: that you find out you had the thing you sought all along.” MenTwoAmericaOutcomesQuestsSailAsiaTinScarecrowSavantsTin Man Author:Jess Walter
“His life was two lives now: the life he would have and the life he would forever wonder about.” LifeTwoWonderForeverTwo Lives Author:Jess Walter
“Who isn't crazy sometimes? Who hasn't driven around a block hoping a certain person will come out; who hasn't haunted a certain coffee shop, or stared obsessively at an old picture; who hasn't toiled over every word in a letter, taken four hours to write a two-sentence email, watched the phone praying it will ring; who doesn't lay awake at night sick with the image of her sleeping with someone else?” WritingPersonsTwoSometimesNightCertainHoursSleepTakenFourCrazyPrayingLettersSickLaysPhonesSentencesDrivenCoffeeRingsBlockAwakeShopsEmailCoffee ShopAwake At NightOld PictureSleeping With Someone Author:Jess Walter
