Daniel McIlhenney > Daniel's Quotes

“I thought: pity the poor in spirit who know neither the enchantment nor the beauty of language.”
― Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog

“I’ve been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“Sometimes you make up your mind about something without knowing why, and your decision persists by the power of inertia. Every year it gets harder to change.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

“She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.”
― Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely

“Being alone has nothing to do with how many people are around.”
― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

“Next to music, beer was best.”
― Carson McCullers, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

“We can't behave like people in novels, though, can we?”
― Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence

“He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt.”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22