“Once, in a dry season, I wrote in large letters across two pages of a notebook that innocence ends when one is stripped of the delusion that one likes oneself. Although now, some years later, I marvel that a mind on the outs with itself should have nonetheless made painstaking record of its every tremor, I recall with embarrassing clarity the flavor of those particular ashes. It was a matter of misplaced self-respect.” ShouldYearsMindMadeTwoEndsSelfMatterRecordsParticularPagesLettersShould HaveSeasonsOneselfLikesClarityInnocenceDrySelf RespectDelusionRecallsAshesEmbarrassingFlavorNotebookMisplaced Book:We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live: Collected Nonfiction Source: We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live: Collected Nonfiction
“Mayweather likes to say he is better than Sugar Ray Robinson, but I think it is more important for him to keep the zero on his record than it is to fight Manny. We hope the opportunity comes for a fight with Mayweather, but Manny is going to continue to fight, even if it means moving up in weight to go after nine titles.” IfsThinkingMeanImportantMovingFightingOpportunityRecordsWeightNineLikesTitlesZeroRaysSugarMoving UpMayweather Author:Freddie Roach
“I don't think Marquee Moon was so good, y'know? Just another record. First records everybody likes a lot.” ThinkingKnowsFirstsRecordsMoonLikesMarquee Author:Tom Verlaine
“I gave away the money advanced from my record company on my first album, I'm the type of person who likes to give. I gave to my sister. She has four little babies and bought an old house and it needed repairs.” GivingFirstsLittlesPersonsHouseCompanyRecordsFourBabyTypeNeededAlbumsLikesMy SisterRecord CompaniesOld Houses Author:Jo Dee Messina