“All men are liars, said Roberta Muldoon, who knew this was true because she had once been a man.”
― The World According to Garp
― The World According to Garp
“...You can only subject people to anguish who have a conscience. You can only punish people who have hopes to frustrate or attachments to sever; who worry what you think of them. You can really only punish people who are already a little bit good.”
― We Need to Talk About Kevin
― We Need to Talk About Kevin
“There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“If you stumble about believability, what are you living for? Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer. What is your problem with hard to believe?”
― Life of Pi
― Life of Pi
“The day before me is fraught with God knows what horrors.”
― A Confederacy of Dunces
― A Confederacy of Dunces
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