Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by William Lashner

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Last updated on December 18, 2024.
William Lashner

William Lashner, is an American novelist who formerly worked as a trial lawyer. He is a graduate of NYU School of Law and the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. He has served as trial attorney in the Criminal Division of the United States Justice Department. He lives with his family outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Be careful what you yearn for, because that which you desire most will either complete you or destroy you, and you don't get to choose. — © William Lashner
Be careful what you yearn for, because that which you desire most will either complete you or destroy you, and you don't get to choose.
More than anything in this world, I wish I had been born rich. It would have made up for everything. I'd still be ugly, sure, but I'd be rich and ugly. I'd still be weak and dim and tongue-tied with women, but I'd be rich enough for them not to care. I'd no longer be a social misfit, I'd be eccentric. And most of all, I'd no longer be what I was, I'd be something different.
If he ever had a bright idea it would be beginner's luck.
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