9 Quotes by Austin Wright

To be heartbroken means to have a story

like traveling without knowing what country you’re going to

The house was an empty tank full of grief. Their empty ghosts floated everywhere they were not.

What she remembers now is not so much happiness as places where happiness occurred. Happiness was intangible, place made it visible.

To be heartbroken means to have a story.

In the shock of his loss, Tony Hastings knew the importance of remaining civilized, with a bomb behind his eyeballs that would blow up if he was not careful. The way was to defuse it with delicate ritual operations. The importance of remembering who we was, Tony Hastings, professor, resident of, son of, father of. Reciting his name as he walked along the road in the dark. Organizing words, constituting thought. Shaving carefully around his mustache. Preparing for what would be given him to feel.

When you doubt your ability to make a difference just remember you are alive for a reason.

You write because everything dies, to save what dies.

No problems are temporary until they are over. All problems are potentially permanent.