Kimmy Shields

“He has the self-conscious look of someone drinking alone who is trying not to appear self-conscious.”
― Donald Margulies, Dinner with Friends

“I'd like to turn on the whole world for just a moment... just for a moment. I'm greedy; I'd like to keep most of it for myself and a few others, a few of my friends... to keep that superlative high, just on the cusp of each day... so that I'd radiate sunshine.”
― Jean Stein, Edie: American Girl

“KAREN: Come on, honey, I’m mincing garlic and you’re feeling amorous. Tell me: what am I supposed to do about this? GABE: You could try putting down the knife.”
― Donald Margulies, Dinner with Friends

“Q: What is wrong with the world?
A: Everybody pays attention to pictures of things. Nobody pays attention to things themselves.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, While Mortals Sleep: Unpublished Short Fiction