“We sit in the mud, my friend, and reach for the stars.”
― Fathers and Sons
― Fathers and Sons
“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
“There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
“I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.”
― Franny and Zooey
― Franny and Zooey
“But even so, every now and then I would feel a violent stab of loneliness. The very water I drink, the very air I breathe, would feel like long, sharp needles. The pages of a book in my hands would take on the threatening metallic gleam of razor blades. I could hear the roots of loneliness creeping through me when the world was hushed at four o'clock in the morning.”
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
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