Every now and then I run across a line that resonates. I put them all in my Great Lines group . . . see
HERE. Or if you'd like to see the other "great lines" you can click the label on the right of the navigation bar.
This one hit me. I don't know why, but it did. Maybe I've come close to fulfilling my fantasies and realized it wasn't what I thought. Maybe it's the context, where he realizes that the girl he used to fantasize about really isn't what he wanted or needed in life. Maybe it's all of that.
Anyway, the line I really like is below and the context from the page is screen capped.
The line that hit me is:
But Bill Dunn kept remembering from college some great philosophical truth - he forgot who said it - to the effect that the only thing worse than not realizing one's dream was to realize them.
I would love to write a line that is as compelling and resonant as that in any of my books.
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