...good counsel: generosity, longevity, acceptance, relinquishment, letting the world come to me — and, with these things to make a life. - Richard Ford

It was as if I'd already left some time before and was just catching up with myself.

People surprise you, Frank, with just how fuckin stupid they are. I mean, do you actually realize how much adult conversation is spent on this fuckin business? Facts treated like they were opinions just for the simple purpose of talking about it longer? Some people might think that's interesting, bub, but I'll tell you. It's romanticizing a goddamn rock by calling it a mountain range to me. People waste a helluva lot of time they could be putting to useful purposes. This is a game. See it and forget about it.

With imagination, you can put something where nothing was.