13 Quotes by Ryan Winfield

Hey, Jimmy.”“Yeah.”“You ever think about how long we’re going to live?”“No,” he says. “Not really.”“Well, why not?”“I dunno. Guess I’m too busy livin’ it to think about it.

You know why God’s so hard to find, Trevor? No, Mr. Shaw, I say, why is God so hard to find? God’s so hard to find because he ain’t lost!

I remember in treatment, Mr. Shaw told me that the alcohol and drugs never were my problem. He said the alcohol and drugs were my solution and that was my problem. And he was right.

We should trust people to be exactly what they have proven themselves to be, no more and no less.

Caterpillar dun' become butterfly-caterpillar die so butterfly can be. A new thing. We all must let ourselves die to be what we will be. But we cling to what we know.

I forgive him and like water draining from the sand after a wave, the power he held over me disappears. A slow smile rises on my face.

You can say no if you dun’ wanna do it,” he finally says, “but I was thinkin’ maybe you could teach me to read.”“Shit, Jimmy, I just gave away my reading slate to Bill.”“I know it,” he says, “but I didn’t wanna read none of that stuff anyhow.”“Then what did you want to read?”“I wanna read those poems you said you might write.”I can’t help but smile so wide my cheeks hurt.“Okay, Jimmy. I’m going to write you a poem for your birthday, and then I’m going to teach you how to read it.

I meant it,” he says.“You meant what?”“What I said in your apartment.”“You did?”He nods.We drop our cloths on the ground and hug each other. The path and the mountains and the entire world seem to slip away beneath us until only he and I remain. Then the sun rises over the peaks and warms my naked back. Of all the birthday gifts ever given in the history of the world, I can’t imagine one better than an embrace like this from your best friend.

I don’t know if you’re being smart or not, but I know that being smart doesn’t always lead to being happy. And I’d rather be happy than anything else.