“I've forgotten who I had lunch with earlier, and even more important, where.”
― American Psycho
― American Psycho
“Aan drie wanden hingen reproducties van abstracte schilderijen waaruit niet viel af te leiden of de maker ervan een mens dan wel een ontploft blik ravioli geweest was.”
― De laatste liefde van mijn moeder
― De laatste liefde van mijn moeder
“At Columbus Circle, a juggler wearing a trench cloak and top hat, who is usually at this location afternoons and who calls himself Stretch Man, performs in front of a small, uninterested crowd; though I smell prey, and he seems worthy of my wrath, I move on in search of a less dorky target. Though if he’d been a mime, odds are he’d already be dead.”
― American Psycho
― American Psycho
“People who die in Detroit and then go to hell probably think they’re in heaven. I know, because I’ve been to Cleveland.
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― This is the best book I've ever written, and it still sucks
― This is the best book I've ever written, and it still sucks
“Mothers, I believe, intoxicate us. We idolize them and take them for granted. We hate them and blame them and exalt them more thoroughly than anyone else in our lives. We sift through the evidence of their love, reassure ourselves of their affection and its biological genesis. We can steal and lie and leave and they will love us.”
― Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
― Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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