“ You see, there's some blues for folks ain't never had a thing, and that's a sad blues ... but the saddest kind of blues is for them that's had everything they ever wanted and has lost it, and knows it… Ken Grimwood
“ The only thing that mattered was the quarter century or so he had remaining would be HIS life, to live out as he chose and in his own best interests. Nothing took precedence over that...The possibilit… Ken Grimwood
“ Someone—Plato, I think—once said, 'The unexamined life is not worth living.' True. But a life too closely scrutinized will lead to madness, if not suicide. Ken Grimwood
“ He went out with a variety of women, slept with some of them, hated the whole meaningless process. Drinks, dinners, plays and concerts and gallery openings ... He grew to despise the rigid formality o… Ken Grimwood
“ The only thing that mattered was that the quarter century or so he had remaining would be his life, to live out as he chose and in his own best interests. Nothing took precedence over that: not work,… Ken Grimwood
“ Jeff felt it flow through him, the electric freshness of the once more unpredictable world out there. Ken Grimwood
“ He couldn't keep his eyes off her face, wished she'd take off those damned sunglasses so he could see the eyes he'd known so well. Ken Grimwood
“ All life includes loss. It's taken me many, many years to learn to deal with that, and I don't expect I'll ever be fully resigned to it. But that doesn't mean we have to turn away from the world, or s… Ken Grimwood
“ Until I die again, perhaps. Until the next replay. Then it all vanishes.Jeff shook his head, his arm tightly around her shoulders. Only the products of your work will disappear. The struggle, the devo… Ken Grimwood
“ Jeff, she said, sobbing, I'm scared! I don't want to die! Not … die forever, and—He hugged her tightly, rocked her in his arms and felt his own tears trickle down his face. Just think of how we've liv… Ken Grimwood
“ The water was calm and blue today, and as they walked along the dunes they could see the hump of Poplar Island off the Eastern Shore. Ken Grimwood
