Luke McCarthy

“I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.”
― Albert Camus, L'Étranger

“He'd once told me that the art of getting ahead in New York was based on learning how to express dissatisfaction in an interesting way. The air was full of rage and complaint. People had no tolerance for your particular hardship unless you knew how to entertain them with it.”
― Don DeLillo, White Noise

“She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.”
― Jane Austen , Persuasion

“You've got to work with your mistakes until they look intended. Understand?”
― Raymond Carver, Cathedral