“ He was the friend of my life. You know, you only have one friend like that; there can't be two. James Salter
“ Of them all, it was the true love. Of them all, it was the best. That other sumptuous love which made one drunk, which one longed for, envied, believed in, that was not life. It was what life was seek… James Salter
“ I like aristocracy. I like the beauty of aristocracy. I like the hierarchical feeling. James Salter
“ I can't explain it. It's what turns you to powder, being ground between what you can't do and what you must do. You just turn to dust. James Salter
“ He wants his children to have an old life and a new life, a life that is indivisible from all lives past, that grows from them, exceeds them, and another that is original, pure, free, that is beyond t… James Salter
“ Leven is het weer. Leven is maaltijden. Lunch op een blauw-geruit kleed waar zout op is gemorst. De geur van tabak. Brie, gele appels, messen met houten handvaten. James Salter
“ A writer cannot really grasp what he has written. It is not like a building or a sculpture; it cannot be seen whole. It is only a kind of smoke seized and printed on a page. James Salter
“ There comes a time in life, when you realize that everything is a dream; only those things which are written down have any possibility of being real. James Salter
“ Now they are lovers. The first, wild courses are ended. They have founded their domain. A satanic happiness follows. James Salter
“ But of course, in one sense, Dean never died - his existence is superior to such accidents. One must have heroes, which is to say, one must create them. And they become real through our envy, our devo… James Salter
“ Alone in this city, alone on this sea. The days were strewn about him, he was a drunkard of days. He had achieved nothing. He had his life--it was not worth much--not like a life that, though ended, h… James Salter
“ In a certain sense, a writer is an exile, an outsider, always reporting on things, and it is part of his life to keep on the move. Travel is natural. James Salter
“ Their life is mysterious, it is like a forest; from far off it seems a unity, it can be comprehended, described, but closer it begins to separate, to break into light and shadow, the density blinds on… James Salter
“ If you can overcome the occasional angst, you may have the chance to see some interesting things, perhaps the same things the tour buses bring people to see, but purified by solitude, if you will. In… James Salter
“ He liked to read with the silence and the golden color of the whiskey as his companions. He liked food, people, talk, but reading was an inexhaustible pleasure. What the joys of music were to others,… James Salter
“ There is no complete life. There are only fragments. We are born to have nothing, to have it pour through our hands. James Salter
