Justyna

“Bessie: 'Why don't you get married?'
Zooey: 'I like riding in trains too much. You never get to sit next to the window anymore when you're married.”
― J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

“A short story is a sprint, a novel is a marathon. Sprinters have seconds to get from here to there and then they are finished. Marathoners have to carefully pace themselves so that they don't run out of energy (or in the case of the novelist-- ideas) because they have so far to run. To mix the metaphor, writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage.”
― Jonathan Carroll

“How do you do, Captain,” she said, unfastening her eyes from his with difficulty, as though they had become entangled.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night

“It's, yeah, because you're answering my questions."
"Is it not possible that the sounds I am emitting simply conform by coincidence to the conditions of a response to your question? "
" If you accept that, wouldn't that mean fellow human beings could be talking without actually holding a conversation? "
Why am I having a serious discussion with a cat?
The stray calico Shamisen licked his front paw and scratched under his ear. " You are absolutely correct. You and the young lady over there could engage in actions that would make it appear as though you were holding a conversation, but nobody would have any way of knowing whether or not accurate communication occurred," Shamisen said in an oddly rough voice.
"Since people may or may not say what they really mean in different situations, " said Koizumi.”
― Nagaru Tanigawa