Staying alive Quotes by Michael Zadoorian

“Why does the world have to destroy anything that doesn't fit in? We still can't figure out that this is the most important reason…

— Michael Zadoorian

“I think about what the man at the Coney joint said. He was right. We are the people who stay. We stay in our…

— Michael Zadoorian

“But what I do love about this road is how the gaudy becomes grand, how tastelessness is a way of everyday life”

— Michael Zadoorian

“Know this: even if you’re like us and still doddering around above ground, someone out there from your past is probably pretty sure that…

— Michael Zadoorian

“I thought that nothing enormously bad or good had happened to me during my life. All the normal things had occurred. I had lived…

— Michael Zadoorian

“…this is the problem with photographs. After a while, you can’t remember if you’re recalling the actual memory or the memory of the photograph.…

— Michael Zadoorian

“We pass a church with a massive blue neon cross, and I am spiritually lifted by feelings of great religiosity. No, I’m not, for…

— Michael Zadoorian

“The last slide is Main Street at night, with the castle lit silver blue in the background. In the sky, fireworks are going off,…

— Michael Zadoorian

“Anyone who never met a man he didn't like just isn't trying hard enough.”

— Michael Zadoorian

“After a while, just staying alive becomes a full-time job. No wonder we need a vacation.”

— Michael Zadoorian

“Hi lover," he says to me, completely forgetting what happened before. He knows who I am. He knows that I am the one person…

— Michael Zadoorian