I always think everything is going to last forever, but nothing ever does. In fact nothing exists longer than an instant except the thing that we hold in memory.
—Sam Savage in Firmin
—Sam Savage in Firmin
Samuel Phillips Savage (November 9, 1940 – January 17, 2019) was an American novelist and poet, best known for his 2006 novel Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife. Other published works are The Cry of the Sloth, The Criminal Life of Effie O, and Glass.
Life is about experience. You can’t hold on to everything.
—Sarah Addison Allen in Garden Spells
—Karina Halle in Sins & Needles