"The Largesse of the Sea Maiden" Quotes
"The Largesse of the Sea Maiden" is a collection of ten haunting, interlinked stories reflecting on aging, mortality, and the search for meaning in ordinary lives.
short stories | 207 pages | Published in 2018
Quotes
I’m living in a small, boring town where I have nothing to do but watch cars and trucks go by all day, and all night, and at some point I’ll be dead and gone and the cars and trucks will still be going by.
It’s plain to you that at the time I write this, I’m not dead. But maybe by the time you read it.
The truth? My life was a series of random incidents strung together on the thread of my existence.
The moments of enlightenment bleed together like a wash of watercolors.
The world keeps turning, keeps spinning, keeps making fools of us all.
I will sweep up everyone into my arms and we will fly away.
Life is a long series of missed opportunities and regretful decisions.
The past and the future are just illusions. The present is all we have.
We are all just lost souls trying to find our place in this vast universe.
Sometimes the greatest moments of clarity come in the darkest of times.
