“I think that if people are instructed about anything, it should be about the nature of cruelty. And about why people behave so cruelly to each other. And what kind of satisfactions they derive from it. And why there is always a cost, and a price to be paid.” PeopleIfsThinkingShouldKindCostPaidSatisfactionCrueltyBehave Author:Richard Russo
“Don't even the best and most fortunate of lives hint at other possibilities, at a different kind of sweetness and, yes, bitterness too? Isn't this why we can't help feeling cheated, even when we know we haven't been?” KnowsKindDifferentHelpingFeelingsHavensPossibilityFortunateBitternessDifferent KindsSweetnessHintsCheated Author:Richard Russo
“Which is why we have spouses and children and parents and colleagues and friends, because someone has to know us better than we know ourselves. We need them to tell us. We need them to say, "I know you, Al. You are not the kind of man who.” KnowsMenNeedsKindChildrenParentAlsColleaguesSpouseChildren And Parents Author:Richard Russo
“I told him the truth, that I loved him and didn't regret anything about our lives together. But do we ever 'tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God' as my father used to say, to those we love? Or even to ourselves? Don't even the best and most fortunate of lives hint at other possibilities, at a different kind of sweetness and, yes, bitterness too? Isn't this why we can't help feeling cheated, even when we know we haven't been?” KnowsKindDifferentWholeHelpingFeelingsTogetherUsedFatherOur LivesHavensPossibilityRegretFortunateHelp MeTelling The TruthBitternessDifferent KindsSweetnessHintsCheatedThose We LoveWhole TruthLife TogetherGod Help MeNothing But The Truth Author:Richard Russo
“Go to it. Be bold. Be true. Be kind. Rotate your tires. Don't drink so much. There aren't going to be enough liver transplants to go around.” KindEnoughDrinkBeing TrueBe KindGraduationTireLiverTransplants Author:Richard Russo
“You just kind of have faith. If that sounds kind of mystical, it's because I really don't know how it works, but I trust that it does. I try to write the way I read, in order to find out what happens next.” IfsKnowsWayWritingTryingKindDoeHappensFaithOrderNextSoundKnow HowHave FaithMystical Author:Richard Russo
