Jane Pek > Quotes

“If this were a novel, he might simply be a poorly written character. But there are no poorly written people. Only ones you don't yet understand.”
― Jane Pek, The Verifiers

“Her expression turns inward: I can see her assessing the situation, considering potential options. I find myself wishing I could pull her aura of competence over me like a blanket and take a nap.”
― Jane Pek, The Rivals

“December is one of my favorite months for cycling in New York because all the fair-weather cyclists have gone into hibernation, we aren’t in nor’easter season yet, and the cold is bracing without being debilitating. I bike up to the Botanical Garden in the Bronx one day, down to Coney Island the next.”
― Jane Pek, The Verifiers

“If this were a novel, he might simply be a poorly written character. But there are no poorly written people. Only ones you don't yet understand. p29”
― Jane Pek, The Verifiers

“Humvees”
― Jane Pek, The Verifiers

“The line between what was real and what was fantasy. That fucking mystery. It made me believe there was something to be solved and I was the only one who could solve it. I let myself think that I was the protagonist in some grand adventure, that I could be in any way special. And for that I forfeited what I did have that was real: I forfeited Veracity.”
― Jane Pek, The Verifiers

“I bet somewhere inside there’s a custom-made dining table built out of reclaimed telephone poles and it costs more than a year of my rent.”
― Jane Pek, The Verifiers

“If this were a novel, he might simply be a poorly written character. But there are no poorly written people. Only ones you don’t yet understand.”
― Jane Pek, The Verifiers

“I know, I know,” I say. “We are all unique snowflakes. Don’t you think that’s a weird metaphor to use to tell someone they’re special given how quickly snowflakes melt? It’s like, you may be different from everyone else, but it doesn’t matter because in zero time you’ll be gone.”
― Jane Pek, The Verifiers

“The power to predict outcomes is inextricably linked to the power to control outcomes.”
― Jane Pek, The Verifiers