“Oh no," I said, because if our life is just one endless song about hope and regret, then "oh no" is apparently… — Brock Clarke Hope Copy Share Image
“...and then he looks at me in that way of his, that way that suggests you aren't exactly a human being, but… — Brock Clarke Mysterious Copy Share Image
“You could have saved her," he said, and I realized that he had started crying, crying being that thing you do when… — Brock Clarke Copy Share Image
“That was his phrase - "the high ramparts of my defensiveness"- and I remembered it in case I ever decide to build… — Brock Clarke Copy Share Image
Sometimes the lies you tell are less frightening than the loneliness you might feel if you stopped telling them. — Brock Clarke Copy Share Image
“I could hear the exasperation in her voice, so beautiful and familiar, but sad, too, like hearing church bells right before your… — Brock Clarke Funeral Copy Share Image
“And I thought that maybe this was what it means to get old: to have someone much younger remind you of how… — Brock Clarke Copy Share Image
“Because this is one of the things I learned from Exley: anything can be a beginning as long as you call it… — Brock Clarke Beginning Copy Share Image
“... he was taking a stab at greatness, that is, if greatness is simply another word for doing something different from what… — Brock Clarke Greatness Copy Share Image
“I confess this is an unforeseen -- unforeseen and, indeed, I did not foresee it -- by-product of journaling: in writing down… — Brock Clarke Copy Share Image
“Because this is another thing your average American man in crisis does: he tries to go home, forgetting, momentarily, that he is… — Brock Clarke First place Copy Share Image
“I opened the book to the title page, which said the book was "A Fictional Memoir." I had no idea what this… — Brock Clarke Books Copy Share Image
“But then again, I was pretty certain I'd make more mistakes, so I didn't dwell on the one I'd just made too… — Brock Clarke Failure Copy Share Image
“At the time, I thought this was just one of those vague things adults say to remind you that you're a kid… — Brock Clarke Time Copy Share Image
“They looked at each other for a while their gazes steady, unblinking. It was the way people stare at each other not… — Brock Clarke Love Copy Share Image
“...Maybe this was another reason why people read: not so that they would feel less lonely, but so that other people would… — Brock Clarke Books Copy Share Image
“It was a complicated look. I remember thinking that, and I also remember thinking that you had to have known someone for… — Brock Clarke Copy Share Image
“In truth I was very pleased with myself and with my story and all that had happened in it. Because you can't… — Brock Clarke Truth Copy Share Image
“I took notes as they divided the world between those who had stuff taken away from them, and those who took, those… — Brock Clarke Copy Share Image
“... I also empathized, because she'd tried to do these things out of love, and because she had bumbled the attempt, and… — Brock Clarke Copy Share Image
