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“Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“Beauty is rarely soft or consolatory. Quite the contrary. Genuine beauty is always quite alarming.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“People can't, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than they can invent their parents. Life gives these and also takes them away and the great difficulty is to say Yes to life.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
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