21 Quotes by Rich Shapero

Some things take hold of you. Invade you. Own you. You want to be free of them, but you never will be.

Perhaps the sound had always been there—like the high-pitched twinkling when you sink your head in calm water, or the stirring in the gel of your eye when you fix on the sun.

The night sky was clear, but he drew clouds across it, combers that roiled like waves above him.

I’ve always thought of school as a rehearsal. Not the main event.

Doubt and despair, ... the sweet nibble of decay.

Every word was a cheat. Every thought and feeling was false. I played the game. Everything I touched, I cheapened.

Heaven is boundless, and the sea is beneath you.

Forgive us our fantasies. It’s all we have.

I don’t want the void. I don’t want fantasies. I want some- thing real—not another fragment of truth to puzzle over . . . .