Greg Shirley - Jefferson Boulevard Blues

"These are the preferences of the universe itself: verbs over nouns, actions over states, struggle over hope." — Ta-Nehisi Coates

“There is a way of losing that is finding. When soul overmasters sense. When the noble and divine self overcomes the lower self. When duty and honor and love immortal things bid the mortal perish. It is only when a man supremely gives that he supremely finds.” ― Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

“My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him all good things—trout as well as eternal salvation—come by grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easy.” — Norman Maclean