“I looked around the barroom. Someone else might have seen nothing more than a random crowd of drinkers, but I saw my people. Kith and kin. Every sort of person was there – stockbrokers and safecrackers, athletes and invalids, mothers… — J.R. Moehringer Copy Share Image
“Collins was in the space capsule all alone. While his partners were down there collecting rocks, Collins was manning the wheel. Twenty-six times he… — J.R. Moehringer Copy Share
“Do you know why God invented writers? Because he loves a good story. And he doesn't give a damn about the words. Words are… — J.R. Moehringer Copy Share
“Sometimes I felt so alone that I wish there were a bigger, longer word for alone. I tried to tell Grandma about this feeling,… — J.R. Moehringer Copy Share
“...Leaving his partners to die. Watching them run out of air...It was such a real possibility, Collins returning to earth by himself...now that's a… — J.R. Moehringer Copy Share
“People just don't understand how many men it takes to build one good man. Next time you're in Manhattan and you see one of… — J.R. Moehringer Copy Share
“Truth has its place. In a courtroom, certainly. A boardroom? I don't know. I think truth is in the listener. Truth is something the… — J.R. Moehringer Copy Share
“America didn't want any of us, and you haven't felt unwanted until America doesn't want you.” — J.R. Moehringer Copy Share
“It’s just how human beings are built. Two thousand years later, why do we know the name of Judas and not the soldier who… — J.R. Moehringer Copy Share
“[G]randma was always afraid of something. She set aside time each day for dread. And not nameless dread. She was quite specific about the… — J.R. Moehringer Copy Share
“Oh kid, it's all about confidence. That's the whole shebang right there. Whatever you do, do it with your nuts. That's how Ruth swung… — J.R. Moehringer Copy Share
“I hate when people ask what a book is about. People who read for plot, people who suck out the story like the cream… — J.R. Moehringer Copy Share
“I looked around the barroom. Someone else might have seen nothing more than a random crowd of drinkers, but I saw my people. Kith… — J.R. Moehringer Copy Share
“Also, Willie, I dig telling the truth. Words can be twisted but a photo never lies. Sutton laughs. What’s funny? Photographer says. Nothing. Except—that’s… — J.R. Moehringer Copy Share
“And because I found it in my youth, the bar was that much more sacred, its image clouded by that special reverence children accord… — J.R. Moehringer Copy Share
“We went there for everything we needed. We went there when thirsty, of course, and when hungry, and when dead tired. We went there… — J.R. Moehringer Copy Share
