Marcus

“At this moment, Paul was hungry. He would go home, it was the only right thing to do, he said to himself before he realized there was nothing to eat at home, that the shelf in the refrigerator reserved for him would be despairingly empty, and that the very expression "home" was a testament of unreasonable optimism.”
― Michel Houellebecq, Anéantir

“a look men get watching sports, football, say, in support of a team that affirms them by winning and then straight away negates them, because the glory belongs to the team, not the man sitting on the sofa who will never, now, be on a team like that”
― Samantha Harvey, Orbital

“Pain turns women into birds, I think.”
― Lily King, Heart the Lover

“Il se sentait comme une boîte de bière écrasée sous les pieds d’un hooligan britannique, ou comme un beefsteak abandonné dans le compartiment légumes d’un réfrigérateur bas de gamme, enfin il ne se sentait pas très bien.”
― Michel Houellebecq, Anéantir