"Let the Great World Spin" Quotes
The lives of diverse characters in 1970s New York City become intricately intertwined around the daring tightrope walk between the Twin Towers.
fiction | 351 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
We stumble on, bringing a few stars with us.
To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you.
The moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of ability, we will be brittle in the face of adversity.
A man should be able to hear, and to bear, the worst that could be said of him.
It’s a long way from anywhere. But that’s all right. We’ll just stick together.
I want to be extraordinary. I want to be innocent and terrifying. I want to be light.
The city is the best and worst of us all.
In the end, we have to face our actions. We have to answer for what we’ve done. And it’s best if we do it as ourselves.
We are all our own devil and we make this world our hell.
Some of the things that mattered so much to us have drifted away, and we can't even find the pieces.
