Andrew Biss > Quotes

“Telling yourself you like the way you look is easy. Believing it is an entirely different kettle of whales.”
― Andrew Biss, The Impressionists

“Her! She was in that…that film…with that actor.”
― Andrew Biss, Strange Tales of the Curiously Uncommon

“My father had left me with the words, “My lad, the world is now your oyster.” And indeed it was: grey, rather slimy, and a sense of something fishy going on in the background that I couldn’t quite put my finger on.”
― Andrew Biss, The End of the World

“As she picked Moxie up from the floor and cradled her in her arms, the sound of loud purring filling the room, life, for Madge at least, couldn't have felt or sounded better.”
― Andrew Biss, Strange Tales of the Curiously Uncommon

“Beer, as in all alcoholic drinks, is made by fermentation caused by bacteria feeding on the yeast cells, then defecating. This bacterial excrement is called alcohol.”
― Andrew Biss, Strange Tales of the Curiously Uncommon

“Sometimes people simply say things to make someone else feel better. It doesn’t make it true, it just makes it appropriate.”
― Andrew Biss, The End of the World

“I need time to digest it.” “We’re not asking you to eat it, dear boy, just”
― Andrew Biss, The End of the World

“All that worrying isn’t going to alter it…it’s only going to alter you. Try and enjoy the ride. It’s almost always more interesting than where you end up.”
― Andrew Biss, The End of the World

“waiving the images away”
― Andrew Biss, Strange Tales of the Curiously Uncommon