Richard Ford, The Sportswriter Quotes

I know you can dream your way through an otherwise fine life, and never wake up, which is what I almost did.

If you lose all hope, you can always find it again.

It is no loss to mankind when one writer decides to call it a day. When a tree falls in the forest, who cares but the monkeys?

Possibly in the lobby she saw someone who reminded her too much of herself (that can happen to inexperienced travelers). Or worse. That no one there reminded her of anyone she ever knew.

We are past the end of things now, but I don't want to leave.

For writers - even sportswriters - bad news is always easier than good, since it is, after all, more familiar.

We do not, after all, deal in truths, only potentialities. Too much truth can be worse than death, and last longer.

The saved moment is the true art of love.