Richard Russo

“Parents are flawed, reserved, secretive, embarrassing, annoying, and that's just during the good times.”

“Memory is a tough place. You were there.”

“What you need to remember is that there's a difference between lecturing about what you know and just telling a story.”

“We are all of us more than the worst thing we've ever done.”

“The only thing more dangerous than a man with a gun is a man with a story.”

“Failure is a great teacher, and I think when you make mistakes and you recover from them and you treat other people properly, you learn. And you grow.”

“The dangerous thing about memories is that you can't choose the ones you want to keep.”

“That's the thing about people. They always find a way to surprise you.”

“Most of life is showing up. You do the best you can.”

“It’s a sad fact of life that you’re going to disappoint people. You’re going to hurt people. You’re going to get hurt.”

“It’s what we don’t say that saves us.”

“There's a difference between the way things are and the way they're supposed to be.”

“Men and women, they were beautiful and wild, all a little violent under their skin.”

“There are people who can't be saved, and that's just a fact of life.”