Lauren

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

“But it seems to me that once you begin a gesture it's fatal not to go through with it.”
― John Updike, A&P: Lust in the Aisles

“It's no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently or if your favorite films wouldn't even speak to each other if they met at a party.”
― Nick Hornby

“In all my life I'd never been approached this way, the car pulling up, the Where you going? It was something I wish had happened hundreds of times. I was a looker - someone who looked over at every car at every traffic light, hoping something would happen, and almost never finding anyone looking back - always everyone looking forwards, and every time I felt stupid. Why should people look at you? Why should they care?”
― dave eggers