Denis Thurrell

“When we sat down to eat I took inventory of the people in the room, and the remnants of my good mood evaporated when I realized how very little I had in common with them – the career dads, the responsible and diligent moms – and I was soon filled with dread and loneliness. I locked in on the smug feeling of superiority that married couples give off and that permeated the air – the shared assumptions, the sweet and contented apathy, it all lingered everywhere – despite the absence in the room of anyone single at which to aim this.”
― Bret Easton Ellis, Lunar Park

“…she looked like Vivien, the Lady of the Lake, only she was fat and her lake was dust, sand and dust, bones and dust and sand.”
― John Hersey, Fling and Other Stories

“Dedication to God gives women strength, no matter what others do.”
― Neva Coyle, A Woman of Strength: Reclaim Your Past, Seize Your Present, and Secure Your Future

“...And what if you don't wait? You just drive over the edge yourself? Wouldn't that be the only right thing to do, the one that would solve everything?”
― Yevgeny Zamyatin, We