--- title: "1 Asking for forgiveness Quotes By Richard Thomas" description: "1 Asking for forgiveness quotes by Richard Thomas. Plus more from Richard Thomas and more Asking for forgiveness sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/572/richard-thomas-38272_asking-for-forgivene_our-father-was-a-rumor-an-echo-something_3057346.jpg" --- > [“Our father was a rumor, an echo, something only to be seen out of the corner of your eye. Our father was a woodsman, arms like tree limbs, beard as if born from bear, disappearing for days, for weeks, returning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-thomas/our-father-was-a-rumor-an-echo-something-only-to-be-seen-out-of-the/) [Richard Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-thomas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/572/richard-thomas-38272_asking-for-forgivene_our-father-was-a-rumor-an-echo-something_3057346.jpg) ## Other authors on Asking for forgiveness - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-francis-75890.jpg) Pope Francis 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asking-for-forgiveness/pope-francis/) ## More by Richard Thomas > [“I was a ghost, a skeletal frame of bones and sweat, a distraction for a night, barely something to cling to in the dark,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-thomas/i-was-a-ghost-a-skeletal-frame-of-bones-and-sweat-a-distraction-for-a/) [Richard Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-thomas/) > [I think that that is a wonderful format - you know, having individual stories over a period of weeks that are thematically connected in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-thomas/i-think-that-that-is-a-wonderful-format-you-know-having-individual/) [Richard Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-thomas/) > [I'm one of those weird people that tends to not do the extras and listen to the commentaries and stuff on movies, although I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-thomas/i-m-one-of-those-weird-people-that-tends-to-not-do-the-extras-and/) [Richard Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-thomas/) > [“Sometimes they run. Those are the ones I find out in the dive bars, the sex clubs, the dark reflections in the night. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-thomas/sometimes-they-run-those-are-the-ones-i-find-out-in-the-dive-bars-the/) [Richard Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-thomas/) > [“You know that part of your writing that you question, —that's weird and doesn't fit neatly into a genre or mold?Write more of that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-thomas/you-know-that-part-of-your-writing-that-you-question-that-s-weird-and/) [Richard Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-thomas/) > [“In a city of almost three million people, a white van stands out about as much as a pigeon in a park. White vans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-thomas/in-a-city-of-almost-three-million-people-a-white-van-stands-out-about/) [Richard Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-thomas/) > [I loved being in the room with Mamet as a director - he is the most generous, funny, delightful person to work for every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-thomas/i-loved-being-in-the-room-with-mamet-as-a-director-he-is-the-most/) [Richard Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-thomas/) > [“In the span of one hundred and forty seconds I have transformed once again. I spill out of the seat, and to the back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-thomas/in-the-span-of-one-hundred-and-forty-seconds-i-have-transformed-once/) [Richard Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-thomas/) > [If people work together in an open way with porous boundaries - that is, if they listen to each other and really talk to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-thomas/if-people-work-together-in-an-open-way-with-porous-boundaries-that-is/) [Richard Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-thomas/) > [“Our father was a rumor, an echo, something only to be seen out of the corner of your eye. Our father was a woodsman,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-thomas/our-father-was-a-rumor-an-echo-something-only-to-be-seen-out-of-the/) [Richard Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-thomas/) > [“Because every time she looked at me, she saw him, our son, that generous boy, and it was another gut punch bending her over,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-thomas/because-every-time-she-looked-at-me-she-saw-him-our-son-that-generous/) [Richard Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-thomas/) > [“I pull the door open and step inside, bracing myself for the heat and noise, but there is nothing here tonight. Just a few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-thomas/i-pull-the-door-open-and-step-inside-bracing-myself-for-the-heat-and/) [Richard Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-thomas/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asking-for-forgiveness/richard-thomas/#itemlist", "name": "1 Asking for forgiveness Quotes By Richard Thomas", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Our father was a rumor, an echo, something only to be seen out of the corner of your eye. Our father was a woodsman, arms like tree limbs, beard as if born from bear, disappearing for days, for weeks, returning with so many things—tiny bird skulls, beads on a string, flowers for mother with purple blossoms and veiny leaves. The wood was stacked along one side of the cabin as high as it could go, the steady chop, the split of the timber, just part of the day, or so we were told. Our father was the cold creek that ran south of our home, filled with silver-backed fish with blood-orange meat, whispering every time we neared it, quenching our thirst, promises of sleepy peace if only we'd step a bit closer. Our father was the frosty moon that pasted the land with silence as our breath formed clouds of pain, feet bruised and bleeding, his laughter running over the mountain, guiding us down one ravine and up the other, wandering from hill to valley and back, some elusive destination always out of reach. Our father was time, stretched in every direction, elastic as a rubber band, as slow and anchored as a wall of granite, our eyes closing, waking up sore, grey where black had been. All lies. Everything she had ever told us was a lie. She never loved us, or it wouldn't be like this. 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