James Frey’s autobiographical novel My Friend Leonard was published in 2005.
This book covers Frey’s post-treatment experiences and his friendship with Leonard, a buddy he met in rehab.
I have made a list of the most popular quotes from My Friend Leonard novel by James Frey.
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My Friend Leonard Quotes by James Frey
“Be bold. But not bold, be fucking bold.” ~ James Frey (quote from My Friend Leonard).
“If you’re gonna cry, cry because of all the good times we had, and all the laughs, and all the fun shit we did, and cry because those memories make you happy.” ~ James Frey (quote from My Friend Leonard).
“They say live and let live, do not judge, take life as it comes.” ~ James Frey (quote from My Friend Leonard).
“You only live once, buy Picassos whenever possible. ” ~ James Frey (quote from My Friend Leonard).
“Sleep is still difficult I sleep for three or four hours a day. Usually sometime in the afternoon. I walk in the cold, keep myself numb. I cry less, and less.” (James Frey, pg.88)” ~ James Frey (quote from My Friend Leonard).
“I sleep during the day. I still dream about drinking and drugs. Sometimes I wake to a hang-over, sometimes I wake to a trickle of blood from my nose, sometimes I wake scared and shaking. I read, go to museums and visit Lilly in the afternoon. Sometimes I read to her, sometimes I talk to her, sometimes I just sit and remember the times, remember the times, remember the times.” (James Frey, pg.119)” ~ James Frey (quote from My Friend Leonard).
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Quotes from My Friend Leonard
“Los Angeles is a lonely city. Everyone is focused on advancement success fame and money, it is hard to adjust to a culture based on always wanting more, on never being satisfied.” ~ James Frey (quote from My Friend Leonard).
“Pain is the feeling. Suffering is the effect the pain inflicts. If one can endure pain, one can live without suffering. If one can withstand pain, one can withstand anything. If one can learn to control pain, one can learn to control oneself.” ~ James Frey (quote from My Friend Leonard).
“I look at pastries and cakes, tarts and pies. My body craves sugar, always craves sugar. Years of alcohalism and the high level of sugar in alcohal created the craving, which I feed with candy and soda.” ~ James Frey (quote from My Friend Leonard).
“I miss everything. I miss talking to her, hearing about her day. I miss her voice all gravelly and smoky, I miss hearing her laugh, I miss getting her letters, writing her letters. I miss her eyes, and the smell of her hair, and the way her breath tasted. I fucking miss everything.” ~ James Frey (quote from My Friend Leonard).
“Leonard asks me if there’s anything I need to know before he dies, I think about it for a minute, turn to him, say what’s the meaning of life, Leonard? He laughs, says that’s an easy one, my son, it’s whatever you want it to be.” ~ James Frey (quote from My Friend Leonard).
“I miss everything. I miss talking to her, hearing about her day. I miss her voice all gravelly and smoky, I miss hearing her laugh, I miss getting her letters, writing her letters. I miss her eyes, and the smell of her hair, and the way her breath tasted. I fucking miss everything. I miss knowing she was around, because it helped me to know that she was around, someone like her existed. I guess most of all, I miss knowing I would see her again. I always thought I’d see her again.” ~ James Frey (quote from My Friend Leonard).
Best My Friend Leonard Quotes
“I meet a third man he’s an old man he trips in the street he falls and I help him up, walk him to the curb. He shakes my hand says keep the faith, young man. I ask him what he means, he says keep running and don’t let them catch you.” ~ James Frey (quote from My Friend Leonard).
“My life is routine. I wake up early in the morning. I brush my teeth. I sit on the floor of the cell I do not go to breakfast. I stare at a gray cement wall. I keep my legs crossed my back straight my eyes forward. I take deep breaths in and out, in and out, and I try not to move. I sit for as long as I can I sit until everything hurts I sit until everything stops hurting I sit until I lose myself in the gray wall I sit until my mind becomes as blank as the gray wall. I sit and I stare and I breathe. I sit and I stare. I breathe.” ~ James Frey (quote from My Friend Leonard).
“They say confront the difficult while it is easy, accomplish the great one step at a time. They say let things come and let things go and live without possession and live without expectation.” ~ James Frey (quote from My Friend Leonard).
“No matter how bad or difficult life becomes, if you hold on, hold on to whatever it is you need to hold on to. If you hold on, just hold on, life will get better.” ~ James Frey (quote from My Friend Leonard).
“Were it up to me, I would be with Lilly. Were it up to me I would be asleep in her arms. She’s dead, in a cooler in some fucking morgue, and I’ll never sleep in her arms again. The thought of it makes me sick, and it makes me want to join her. The rose will help me. It is time to start the killing. Time to fucking start.” (James Frey, pg.39)” ~ James Frey (quote from My Friend Leonard).
“On my first day in jail, a three hundred pound man named Porterhouse hit me in the back of the head with a metal tray. I was standing in line for lunch and I didn’t see it coming. I went down. When I got up, I turned around and started throwing punches.” (James Frey, pg.1)” ~ James Frey (quote from My Friend Leonard).
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