“The music and applause fast fading from his ears, Bruce would lay down his guitar, grit his teeth, and walk dutifuly back into his father's charred vision of the world.” — Peter Ames Carlin Copy Share Image
“Only now, on the other side of his success, Bruce had come to understand what time and experience can do to the most closely held dreams. The point in your late twenties when you're grown up enough to realize that… — Peter Ames Carlin Copy Share Image
“Bruce has wrestled with his moods, and a psyche genetically prone to extremes, for most of his adult life. Decades of psychotherapy helped reveal… — Peter Ames Carlin Copy Share Image
“They haven't made a drug that can touch this pain," Clarence said. "I feel like I'm made of pain.” — Peter Ames Carlin Copy Share Image
“The music and applause fast fading from his ears, Bruce would lay down his guitar, grit his teeth, and walk dutifuly back into his… — Peter Ames Carlin Copy Share Image
“Only now, on the other side of his success, Bruce had come to understand what time and experience can do to the most closely… — Peter Ames Carlin Copy Share Image
“The highway's closed at a certain point. You have a certain amount of miles that you can make. It's a recognition of mortality.” — Peter Ames Carlin Copy Share Image
“If only every member of the family could have grown as straight and strong as Ann Garrity's beech tree. But as fate and genetics… — peter ames carlin Copy Share Image
