S.J. Pajonas > Quotes

“This was what I loved about books. Even when my life was low, I was happy to lose myself in fiction and forget about it for a short while.”
― S.J. Pajonas, The Daydreamer Detective Braves The Winter

“She could look past the dirtiest, most unkempt person and find the beauty inside of them without so much as blinking. A true gift.”
― S.J. Pajonas, The Daydreamer Detective

“I was a stone-hard kind of drunk. I didn’t get mushy, lovie, or sloppy. I merely became a rock — silent and immobile. Unless I was alone with someone I liked and then the truth poured out of my mouth like a waterfall in the spring after the snow had melted.”
― S.J. Pajonas, The Daydreamer Detective

“That other woman may have entered his thoughts every now and then, but only as a regret. I was the one who had his full attention now.”
― S.J. Pajonas, The Daydreamer Detective Braves The Winter

“He laughed again and the sound coated my brain in stupidity. Had I mentioned that I become inane and dumb when I’m gone for someone? Well, it was the truth.”
― S.J. Pajonas, The Daydreamer Detective

“I was broke, hungry, and unemployed.”
― S.J. Pajonas, The Daydreamer Detective Braves The Winter

“That’s the way the system worked for most of Japan. Work hard, work late hours, work on the weekends, spend the night at work, anything for work. I had worked a lot when I had an office job, but it never seemed to be enough. People would sleep at their desk overnight, and I just couldn’t.”
― S.J. Pajonas, The Daydreamer Detective Braves The Winter