7 Quotes by Wade Rouse

We're human. We all occasionally wet ourselves. No one is really better than anyone else. We're just all trying to make it through the year as best we can. We screw up sometimes. We succeed sometimes. We laugh. We cry. We go on. Those are the things we should really share with each other this holiday season, right, if we dare send a letter? We should share the truth. We should share the insanity.

It's funny how "a part" and "apart" are complete opposites, yet only differ by a little space.

It’s funny how “a part” and “apart” are complete opposites, yet only differ by a little space.

Then he gave me the best advice of my life. “Listen, sonny boy. An Irishman is never drunk as long as he can hold on to one blade of grass and not fall off the face of the earth.” SPRING BREAK Heaven’s Waiting Room.

The Jingle Balls incident made me understand that holidays were not – and did not have to be – perfect in order to be beautiful. It made me realize that all families are dysfunctional, especially during the holidays, and that while most celebrations are well-intended, they are also usually diarrhea-inducing.

Although it should be avoided, you can break promises to people if you have to – because you can explain circumstances and make reasonable justifications and compromises with people. Dogs take you at your word – that’s a lot to live up to – and I, for one, do not want to be the kind of person who reneges on a good-faith deal with a dog.

She looked at me in a troubled sort of way, the way I look today at people who rave about the food at Applebee’s or the Olive Garden.