Quotes by Michael Zadoorian, The Leisure Seeker

“It doesnt upset me to think about dying. What upsets me is the idea of John being alone after his spell passes. The idea of one of us without the other. (p.127)”

“Hi lover," he says to me, completely forgetting what happened before.He knows who I am. He knows that I am the one person who he loves, has always loved. No disease, no person can take that away.(p...”

“I am constantly mystified by what John ends up remembering I just dont understand why hes able to hang on to information like that, while so many other more important memories evaporate. Then again...”

“The sad truth is, John and I and the kids only took Route 66 once on our trips to Disneyland. Our family, like the rest of America, succumbed to the lure of faster highways, more direct routes, hig...”

“this is the problem with photographs. After a while, you cant remember if youre recalling the actual memory or the memory of the photograph. Or perhaps the photograph is the only reason you remembe...”

“The last slide is Main Street at night, with the castle lit silver blue in the background. In the sky, fireworks are going off, cresting, cracking open the darkness, shooting long tendrils of color...”

“I think about what the man at the Coney joint said. He was right. We are the people who stay. We stay in our homes and pay them off. We stay at our jobs. We do our thirty and come home to stay even...”

“I havent been out driving at this time of night in many years, much less in an unfamiliar area. These are the things that scare you as you get older. You understand night all too well, all its atte...”

“Just then, a little hopped-up Japanese car zips up next to us. Its bright yellow with loud, high-pitched exhaust pipes and a big air spoiler on the back. I look over at the driver to see whos makin...”

“This is exactly the sort of thing that makes traveling wonderful for me, the reason I defied everyone. The two of us together like we have always been, not saying anything, not doing anything speci...”

“Know this: even if youre like us and still doddering around above ground, someone out there from your past is probably pretty sure that youre dead by now. (p.125 )”

“After a while, just staying alive becomes a full-time job. No wonder we need a vacation.”

“I thought that nothing enormously bad or good had happened to me during my life. All the normal things had occurred. I had lived a completely unremarkable life. I wanted only my home, and the love ...”

“I am constantly mystified by what John ends up remembering… I just don’t understand why he’s able to hang on to information like that, while so many other more important memories evaporate. Then ag...”

“It doesn’t upset me to think about dying. What upsets me is the idea of John being alone after his spell passes. The idea of one of us without the other. (p.127)”

“…this is the problem with photographs. After a while, you can’t remember if you’re recalling the actual memory or the memory of the photograph. Or perhaps the photograph is the only reason you reme...”

“I haven’t been out driving at this time of night in many years, much less in an unfamiliar area. These are the things that scare you as you get older. You understand night all too well, all its att...”

“Just then, a little hopped-up Japanese car zips up next to us. It’s bright yellow with loud, high-pitched exhaust pipes and a big air spoiler on the back. I look over at the driver to see who’s mak...”

“Know this: even if you’re like us and still doddering around above ground, someone out there from your past is probably pretty sure that you’re dead by now. (p.125 )”