“Leanoardo wrote that a painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light. Most painters do the opposite, starting with a whitewash and adding the shadows… — Ian Caldwell Copy Share Image
The only things people can ever know about you are the ones that you let them see — Ian Caldwell Copy Share Image
“With that in mind, I try to imagine the greatest gift I could've given my father. And as sleep descends on me, the answer seems strangely clear: my faith in his idols. That was what he wanted all along - to feel that we were united by something permanent, to know that as long as he and I believed in… — Ian Caldwell Copy Share
Never invest yourself in anything so deeply that its failure could cost you your happiness. — Ian Caldwell Copy Share Image
“Hope, Paul said to me once, which whispered from Pandora's box only after all the other plagues and sorrows had escaped, is the best… — Ian Caldwell Copy Share Image
Perfection is the natural consequence of eternity: wait long enough, and anything will realize its potential. Coal becomes diamonds, sand becomes pearls, apes become… — Ian Caldwell Copy Share Image
A son is a promise that time makes to a man,the guarantee every father receives that whatever he holds dear will someday be considered… — Ian Caldwell Copy Share Image
“They could never quite reconcile themselves to the idea that our lives don't follow the dramatic arc that a good author gives to a… — Ian Caldwell Copy Share Image
“Hope...which is whispered from Pandora's box only after all the other plagues and sorrows had escaped, is the best and last of all things.… — Ian Caldwell Copy Share Image
Two people who think they're in love can find out, when left alone, exactly how little they know about each other. — Ian Caldwell Copy Share Image
“The magic of Paul’s intelligence is that he has more patience than anyone I’ve ever met, and with it he simply wears problems down.… — Ian Caldwell Copy Share Image
