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Rock Springs
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"Rock Springs" Quotes

"Rock Springs" is a collection of interconnected short stories exploring the struggles and complexities of ordinary people living in the American West.

Quotes

It bothered me to know that people like that were out there, walking around and breathing the same air I was.

Richard Ford

judgmentlife

You can't keep your eyes on the road and watch the rear view mirror at the same time.

Richard Ford

focuslife

Life is mostly about losing things.

Richard Ford

lifeloss

There is a kind of pain that is only for you. Nobody could suffer it. It's yours. It's your heart breaking inside your chest.

Richard Ford

painheartbreak

You can't look forward to anything much anymore. And it's certainly not that you're looking backward.

Richard Ford

expectationslife

I think about how much you can love people and it makes me sad. I think about how much you can hate people and it makes me sad. I think about how much people can hate each other and it makes me sad.

Richard Ford

lovehateemotions

People who've had something bad happen to them have a certain look when they talk about it.

Richard Ford

traumaexpression

Sometimes it feels like everything's gone wrong, and there's no way to fix it.

Richard Ford

despairlife

There's no cure for being lonely.

Richard Ford

loneliness

Sometimes you just have to accept that you're going to have to do things you don't want to do.

Richard Ford

acceptancelife