“It is a childish realization, I admit—no one worth knowing can be quite known, no one worth possessing can be quite possessed—but… — William Landay Children Copy Share Image
“I had a childish attraction to men of my father's generation, as if I still harbored a faint hope of being unorphaned,… — William Landay Hope Copy Share Image
You know, being confident isn't the same as being right. — William Landay Be confident Copy Share Image
I am interested in computers and technology, and art, photography, and design. — William Landay Art Copy Share Image
The rest-the vast majority, tens of thousands of days-are unremarkable, repetitive, even monotonous. We glide through them then instantly forget them. We… — William Landay Arithmetic Copy Share Image
“I have an idea that is is what enduring love really means, Your memories of a girl at seventeen become as real… — William Landay Double vision Copy Share Image
“...don't worry about how things look. People are going to think whatever they think. To hell with 'em. You can't worry about… — William Landay Fear Copy Share Image
“Predisposition is not predestination. We humans are much, much more than our DNA.” — William Landay Destiny Copy Share Image
“There is an ancient rule: actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea -- the act does not create guilt unless the… — William Landay Regret Copy Share Image
Well, I outline fanatically. I am a long thinker and a slow writer, though I am trying to get faster. — William Landay Faster Copy Share Image
“NPD is not a chemical imbalance. And it is not genetic. It is a complex of behaviors, a deeply ingrained habit.” — William Landay Habits Copy Share Image
“narcissistic personality disorder. This is the one you probably know something about. Its primary characteristics are grandiosity and lack of empathy.” — William Landay Empathy Copy Share Image
“Grand juries serve for months, and they figure out pretty quickly what the gig is all about: accuse, point your finger, name… — William Landay Copy Share Image
“Why risk the rare happy marriage-rarer still, a love marriage that endures-for something as common and toxic as complete, unthinking, transparent honesty?… — William Landay Happy marriage Copy Share Image
“It was as if there was a place called After, and if I could just push my family across to that shore,… — William Landay Family Copy Share Image
“It is, of course, the last resort of a liar to challenge his inquisitor to call him a liar directly.” — William Landay Last resort Copy Share Image
You can write a great book and be ignored. Literary history is full of classics that were under-appreciated in their own time. — William Landay Appreciated Copy Share Image
“She did not want to go but understood that I was uneasy, that I felt spotlighted here, that I was not much… — William Landay Copy Share Image
“I could not help seeing in Laurie the ghost of her younger self, the teenaged girl with a lovely, full, heart-shaped face.… — William Landay Double vision Copy Share Image
“Out popped Paul Duffy, in plain clothes except for a state police windbreaker and a badge clipped to his belt. He looked… — William Landay Babe ruth Copy Share Image
“Our blind trust in the system is the product of ignorance and magical thinking,” — William Landay Blind trust Copy Share Image
“But it is not enough to be told a word as big as that. You have to live with it, carry it… — William Landay Different times Copy Share Image
I don't ever write with a particular audience in mind. I just write books that please me. — William Landay Audience Copy Share Image
At some point as adults we cease to be our parents' children and we become our children's parents instead. — William Landay Adults Copy Share Image
