“He had been bored, that's all, bored like most people. Hence he had made himself out of whole cloth a life full of complications and drama. Something must happen - and that explains most human commitments. Something must happen, even loveless slavery, even war or death. Hurray then for funerals!”
― The Fall
― The Fall
“I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn't capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
“You always get exaggerated notions about things you don't know anything about.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“She's cinematic and I'm a fucking sitcom.”
― Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
― Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
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