“he smiles. 'My mother fears i'm wasting my life away because all i do is work' 'You're a neurosurgeon and your mother is disappointed in you?' i laugh. Good lord that is insane. Are parents ever really happy with their childeren? Will they ever be good enough?”
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“Fishing… is like life: mostly about deception, waiting, luck, and going home empty-handed.”
“I'm proving to be the one thing my mother hates- average.”
“Every relationship is a finite disappointment. Sensuality is what gives it infinite hope.”
“I'd already met death three times now. So far the fourth was a big disappointment.”
“There is never too much water under the bridge if the bridge is still standing.”