To hear people talk, you would think no one ever did anything but love each other. But when you look for it, when you search out this love everyone is always talking about, it is nowhere to be found; and when someone looks for love from you, you find you are not able to give it, you are not able to hold the trust and dreams they want you to hold, any more than you could cradle water in your arms.


Skippy Dies: A Novel (ed. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010) - ISBN: 9781429929950

Paul Murray Quotes

To hear people talk, you would think no one ever did anything but love each other. But when you look for it, when you search out this love everyone...

To hear people talk, you would think no one ever did anything but love each other. But when you look for it, when you search out this love everyone...

To hear people talk, you would think no one ever did anything but love each other. But when you look for it, when you search out this love everyone...

To hear people talk, you would think no one ever did anything but love each other. But when you look for it, when you search out this love everyone...