Noah Bly > Quotes

“the world was an arbitrary and ridiculous place, where all things were possible. Coincidence and human stupidity held sway much of the time, but not always: There was love, too, of course, and companionship, and now and then even a measure of grace. At least for those who were wise enough to have faith in the ridiculous.”
― Noah Bly, The Third Hill North of Town

“Coincidence doesn’t merely love insanity: It worships it.”
― Noah Bly, The Third Hill North of Town

“Yet if their time with Julianna Dapper had taught him anything, it was that the world was an arbitrary and ridiculous place, where all things were possible. Coincidence and human stupidity held sway much of the time, but not always: There was love, too, of course, and companionship, and now and then even a measure of grace. At least for those who were wise enough to have faith in the ridiculous.”
― Noah Bly, The Third Hill North of Town

“Another disadvantage of being a loner was that he always felt as if an arbitrary set of rules governed every social interaction, and everybody else in the world except for him knew and understood these rules.”
― Noah Bly, The Third Hill North of Town