Hey listen, I already have a complete list of silver linings. It's the goddamn cloud that's killin me. — John L. Parker Jr Cloud Copy Share Image
Running to him was real; the way he did it the realest thing he knew. It was all joy and woe, hard… — John L. Parker Jr Comprehension Copy Share Image
He ran his hand up and down his left achilles tendon. Very tender; better pay attention to it and back off if… — John L. Parker Jr Achilles Copy Share Image
“You can remember it, he told himself, but you cannot experience it again like this. You have to be satisfied with the… — John L. Parker Jr Remember Copy Share Image
“Running to him was real; the way he did it the realest thing he knew. It was all joy and woe, hard… — John L. Parker Jr Real Way Copy Share Image
“When the guy kissed her, Cassidy felt a stab of pain that was close to physical, and therefore within the penumbra of… — John L. Parker Jr Acceptance Copy Share Image
“He Was not a health nut, was not out to mold himself a stylishly slim body. He did not live on nuts… — John L. Parker Jr Big mac Copy Share Image
He wanted to impart some of the truths Bruce Denton had taught him, that you dont' become a runner by winning a… — John L. Parker Jr Accepting Copy Share Image
A runner is a miser, spending the pennies of his energy with great stinginess, constantly wanting to know how much he has… — John L. Parker Jr Broke Copy Share Image
Training was a rite of purification; from it came speed, strength. Racing was a rite of death; from it came knowledge. Such… — John L. Parker Jr Amount Copy Share Image
“If his heart raced with excitement of the challenge he would have to make it slow again, like he always did, calming… — John L. Parker Jr Mind Copy Share Image
“The relatively thin distance runners ate more than you would expect (Cassidy loaded his tray with three scrambled eggs, two pancakes, sausage,… — John L. Parker Jr Consumed Copy Share Image
“Or we can blaze! Become legends in our own time, strike fear in the heart of mediocre talent everywhere! We can scald… — John L. Parker Jr Blaze Copy Share Image
“might put it off and run when they got there, but contrary to popular opinion, beach running is only jolly fun for… — John L. Parker Jr Beach Copy Share Image
Cassidy's heart tried to leap out through his taught skin and hop into his wet hands. But outwardly it was all very… — John L. Parker Jr Calm Copy Share Image
“What was the secret, they wanted to know; in a thousand different ways they wanted to know The Secret. And not one… — John L. Parker Jr Different ways Copy Share Image
If the furnace is hot enough, anything will burn, even Big Macs. — John L. Parker Jr Big mac Copy Share Image
“You don't become a runner by winning a morning workout. The only true way is to marshal the ferocity of your ambition… — John L. Parker Jr Fitness Copy Share Image
There was no let-up. The tempo was always moderate but steady. If a new guy decided to pick up the pace, that's… — John L. Parker Jr Groups Copy Share Image
Though Jack Nubbins was extremely talented, Quenten Cassidy had viewed the Specter; when he reached down through the familiar layers of gloom… — John L. Parker Jr Balls Copy Share Image
“...Or we can blaze! Become legends in our own time, strike fear in the heart of mediocre talent everywhere! We can scald… — John L. Parker Jr Blaze Copy Share Image
“He was filled with loss and an off-brand of nostalgia for events that were supposed to become part of his past but… — John L. Parker Jr Nostalgia Copy Share Image
“His circuitry is all different,” she told her twin sister. His ambition differed in essence as well as degree. Whereas with others… — John L. Parker Jr Ambition Copy Share Image
“All the books helped him in some way or another. Quenton Cassidy was not enthusiastically going about the heady business of breaking… — John L. Parker Jr Books Copy Share Image
“It's a simple choice! We can all be good boys and wear our letter sweaters around and get our little degrees and… — John L. Parker Jr Motivational Copy Share Image
“At paces that might stun and dismay the religious jogger, the runners easily kept up all manner of chatter and horseplay. When… — John L. Parker Jr Race Copy Share Image
