“It was once suggested to me that, as an antidote to crying, I put my head in a paper bag. As it happens, there is a sound physiological reason, something to do with oxygen, for doing exactly that, but the psychological effect alone is incalculable: it is difficult in the extreme to continue fancying onceself Cathy in "Wuthering Heights" with one's head in a Food Fair bag.”
― Slouching Towards Bethlehem
― Slouching Towards Bethlehem
“Results aside, the ability to have complete faith in another human being is one of the finest qualities a person can possess.”
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“I hung up the phone, jubilant, and threw myself into a wall, then pretended to be getting electrocuted. I do this when I'm very happy.”
― You Shall Know Our Velocity!
― You Shall Know Our Velocity!
“Each of us, deep down, believes that the whole world issues from his own precious body, like images projected from a tiny slide onto an earth-sized screen. And then, deeper down, each of us knows he’s wrong.”
― The Art of Fielding
― The Art of Fielding
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