You live your life at the time you live it — you don't have much of an overview when what's happening to you is still happening. - John Irving

The powerful wind swept his hair away from his face; he leaned his chest into the wind, as if he stood on the deck of a ship heading into the wind, slicing through the waves of an ocean he’d not yet seen.

When Jack Burns needed to hold his mother's hand, his fingers could see in the dark.

You cannot drive with your eyes in the rear-view mirror… But dignity is difficult to maintain. Stamina requires constant upkeep. Repetition is boring. And you pay for grace.