“The greatest antidote for despair was the faith of a man and woman in each other.”
― Death in Midsummer and Other Stories
― Death in Midsummer and Other Stories
“People love talking, and I have never been a huge talker. I carry on an inner monologue, but the words often don't reach my lips.”
― Gone Girl
― Gone Girl
“...stupidity is one of the two things we see most clearly in retrospect. The other is missed chances.”
― 11/22/63
― 11/22/63
“When you're in an extreme situation you tend to avoid facing it by getting caught up in little details. Like a guy who's decided to commit suicide and boards a train only to become obsessed with whether he remembered to lock the door when he left home.”
― In the Miso Soup
― In the Miso Soup
“Great cloud masses boiled up, immense in their quiet majesty. They seemed to drink up all the noise below, even the sound of the sea.
It was the height of summer and there was anger in the rays of the sun.”
― Death in Midsummer and Other Stories
It was the height of summer and there was anger in the rays of the sun.”
― Death in Midsummer and Other Stories
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