Quincey

“For some people, life is the process of knocking through walls to get out. For others, it is the building of walls.”
― Simon Van Booy, The Secret Lives of People in Love

“When somebody leaves this plane—or, if you like, goes into another room—those left behind sometimes try and stop loving—but this is a mistake, because even if you have loved only once in your life, you’re ruined.”
― Simon Van Booy, The Secret Lives of People in Love

“It had rained, she said, and I imagined the beads of small water on the windshield like a thousand eyes, or each drop a small imperfect reflection of a perfect moment.”
― Simon Van Booy, The Secret Lives of People in Love

“Still she wondered: did the present deliver up the future, or must you chase your destiny like a harpoonist?”
― Edith Pearlman, Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories