“...you and I know that every man has two faces, and must strive all his days to be a better man than… — Brian Doyle Copy Share Image
“I am no heroic figure, but a man like any other, capable of selfish and selfless at once, of light and dark, courage and… — Brian Doyle Copy Share Image
“I began to wonder if he was not very consciously and deliberately choosing particular chapters of his life to tell, in order to tell… — Brian Doyle Copy Share Image
“Schaumburg was a town north and west of Chicago, and Mr Mahoney liked to say that he had been there once, to carry away… — Brian Doyle Copy Share Image
“He is only one of a million no, a billion stories you could tell about the living beings on just this side of the… — Brian Doyle Copy Share Image
“One thing I remember with amazement about Chicago is that everyone knew everything before it was splayed lurid and naked in public; you never… — Brian Doyle Copy Share Image
“When I was a kid I thought that the biggest moments in life would be trumpeted and highlighted and italicized somehow, that you would… — Brian Doyle Copy Share Image
“You cannot edit your life, and even if I was today offered the chance to never meet her, and so not leave the city… — Brian Doyle Copy Share Image
“So much held in a heart in a lifetime. So much held in a heart in a day, an hour, a moment. We are… — Brian Doyle Copy Share Image
“...you could see the man being formed, and kew the man to be your good and true friend, as long as life - the… — Brian Doyle Copy Share Image
“Everyone thinks that the old days were better, or that they were harder, and the modern times are chaotic and complex, or easier all… — Brian Doyle Copy Share Image
“Our hearts are not pure: our hearts are filled with need and greed as much as with love and grace, and we wrestle with… — Brian Doyle Copy Share Image
