Melon

“Life offered few pleasures as affordable as a well-made bed.”
― Anthony Marra, Mercury Pictures Presents

“That had been the worst part of childhood: people telling you how lucky you were to live in a carefree time with no responsibilities”
― Elif Batuman, Either/Or

“We get so used to twenty-four-year-old actors playing high school students, and we seem so mature in our own memories, that we forget actual teenagers have limited vocabularies, have bad posture and questionable hygiene, laugh too loud, don’t know how to dress for their body types, want chicken nuggets and macaroni for lunch. It’s easier to see the twelve-year-olds they just were than the twenty-year-olds they’ll soon be.”
― Rebecca Makkai, I Have Some Questions For You

“How many perfect autumns did a person get? Why did I seem always to be in the wrong place, listening to the wrong music?”
― Elif Batuman, Either/Or