Shawn

“If Marx at twenty-two had a problem, it was that he was attracted to too many things and people. Marx’s favorite adjective was “interesting.” The world seemed filled with interesting books to read, interesting plays and movies to see, interesting games to play, interesting food to taste, and interesting people to have sex with and sometimes even to fall in love with. To Marx, it seemed foolish not to love as many things as you could.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“So my first thought when I saw this murderous shape rushing toward me was: So it’s you. Here you are.”
― Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

“frisson”
― Michael Lewis, Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

“Once everyone who felt the need to run had fled, the Albany resort reminded me of New Orleans a week after Hurricane Katrina.”
― Michael Lewis, Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon