9 Quotes by Jeffrey Gettleman

It's easy to explain why you like something. But love? That's tricky. That's a story, not a sentence.

I discovered there's not a restaurant in the continental United States that sets tables for one. And nothing's more soul-crushing than watching a waiter absentmindedly remove the opposite place settings - the fork, the knife, the spoon, the plate, the place mat, the napkin.

It pains me that I will never be able to do it again, return to that same place, that same time, in that same state of mind, eager and uninformed, and, best, unformed.

First comes Coke, then asphalt, then power lines, then maybe education, justice, and human rights.

Often it’s not the bad things that split people apart but the opportunities.

I discovered something I would inflict on myself several more times: the primacy of loneliness. If you’re working hard and lonely, or traveling a lot and lonely, or even chasing down a dream and lonely, you’re still, at the heart of it, just lonely.

Everybody should work at a small newspaper. The amount of life you take in is staggering.

It’s easy to explain why you like something. But love? That’s tricky. That’s a story, not a sentence.

If you’re with the one you love, the rest should be logistics.