“What was our life like? I almost don't remember now. Though I remember, the space of time it occupied. And I remember it fondly.”Richard Ford The SportswriterSource: The Sportswriter
“I know you can dream your way through an otherwise fine life, and never wake up, which is what I almost did.”Richard Ford The SportswriterSource: The Sportswriter
“Life's passed along to us empty. We have to make up the happiness part.”Richard Ford book CanadaSource: Canada
“When you are sixteen you do not know what your parents know, or much of what they understand, and less of what's in their hearts. This can save you from becoming an adult too early, save your life from becoming only theirs lived over again - which is a loss. But to shield yourself - as I didn't do - seems to be an even greater error, since what's lost is the truth of your parents' life and what you should think about it, and beyond that, how you should estimate the world you are about to live in.”Richard Ford Source: Wildlife (1990), p. 18