Thom Jones
Thom Jones was an American writer renowned for his vivid short stories that explore themes of human struggle and resilience. A former Marine and boxer, his life experiences deeply influenced his work, particularly in his acclaimed collection "The Pugilist at Rest." Jones's prose is marked by raw emotion and a deep understanding of the human condition, earning him a place among the most compelling voices in contemporary American literature.
Book summaries for books written by Thom Jones
Quotes
There is no mercy in a broken heart.
Death is always on the way, but the fact that you don't know when it will arrive seems to take away from the finiteness of life. It's that terrible precision that we hate so much. But because we don't know, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. Yet everything happens a certain number of times, and a very small number, really. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, some afternoon that's so deeply a part of your being that you can't even conceive of your life without it? Perhaps four or five times more. Perhaps not even. How many more times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps twenty. And yet it all seems limitless.
You have to be careful who you let define your good.
You can't outrun your own mind.
You can't save anybody. All you can do is love them.
The soul is big, vast, and wondrous. The soul is also small, petty, and mean. The soul is the whole of things.
The mind is always searching for meaning, but sometimes you have to let go and just be.
Sometimes the only way to find peace is through violence.
Time heals wounds, but it also leaves scars.
We are all broken, but some of us are just better at hiding it.
The past is a haunting ghost that never truly leaves us.
Life is a battlefield, and every scar tells a story.