“I can see the driver as if I'm looking at him through binoculars, bending to adjust the volume on his radio, eyes wide at what he hears, which I can't understand because when he hits you there is only silence.… — Philip Beard Copy Share
“And like all the people who lost no one, the tourists, who go to New York to cry over the rubble. I want to tell them to go home and hold their children or their lovers or their parents. I… — Philip Beard Copy Share Image
“Hurry up!” everyone in the room seemed to shriek at the same time. It didn’t matter to us that all over Pittsburgh, in every house and in every bar, thousands of others were undoubtedly carrying out their own rituals, performing their own superstitions. Hats were turned backward and inside out, incantations spoken and sung, talismans rubbed and chewed and prayed… — Philip Beard Copy Share
“That on any day you could pick there are thousands and thousands of little deaths, tiny tragedies, and that all of them matter.” — Philip Beard Copy Share Image
“I can see the driver as if I'm looking at him through binoculars, bending to adjust the volume on his radio, eyes wide at what he hears, which I can't understand because when he hits you there is only silence. My feet, pounding through the grass, make no sound. I know that my mouth is open, that air is rushing… — Philip Beard Copy Share
“That's the kind of face you had - the kind that directed the world and made it beautiful.” — Philip Beard Copy Share Image
“Little crimes like mine didn't matter anymore. Little deaths like yours didn't make a sound.” — Philip Beard Copy Share Image
“But love is this really powerful thing that everyone's got if they'd just learn how to accept it. I mean, come on. If it's… — Philip Beard Copy Share Image
“Remember how I said nothing changes everything? I think I was wrong about that. I'm starting to think that maybe everything changes everything. That… — Philip Beard Copy Share Image
“And like all the people who lost no one, the tourists, who go to New York to cry over the rubble. I want to… — Philip Beard Copy Share Image
