“Sometimes what we want to do and what we must do are not the same. Pasquo, the smaller the space between your desire and what is right, the happier you will be.”Jess Walter book Beautiful RuinsSource: Beautiful Ruins
“A writer needs four things to achieve greatness, Pasquale: desire, disappointment, and the sea.”“That’s only three.”Alvis finished his wine. “You have to do disappointment twice.”Jess Walter book Beautiful RuinsSource: Beautiful Ruins
“All we have is the story we tell. Everything we do, every decision we make, our strength, weakness, motivation, history, and character-what we believe-none of it is; it's all part of the story we tell. But here's the thing:”Jess Walter book Beautiful RuinsSource: Beautiful Ruins
“But I think some people wait forever, and only at the end of their lives do they realize that their life has happened while they were waiting for it to start.”Jess Walter book Beautiful RuinsSource: Beautiful Ruins