5 Quotes by Thomas H. Carry

I'd been so focused on my existential malaise, my navel-gazing, I seemed to be oblivious to the reality around me.

And that's why De Niro is superior to Pacino. Can you pass the bong?"- Opening line, Blood Will Have Blood

And that's why De Niro is superior to Pacino. Can you pass the bong?

Forty-three years of age, congenitally average in weight, height, and looks, I was an inoffensive manof the comfortable sort. 'Danny always calms the room,' Abbie, my wife, would say in social gatherings with University colleagues. That always got smiles and nods of recognition. I was like a very pleasant virus, contagious but passing soon. People liked me.

A freshly dead body at your feet is a real eye-opener. It makes a person take stock, assess life choices, confront long-dormant questions repressed by time and habit.