Curtis St John

“Nothing is ever perfect, he wanted to say. Wanting everything to be perfect is a recipe for misery.”
― Lisa Unger, Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six

“Everything is, in any event, fated to disappear. Judged against eternity, how little of what agitates us makes any difference.”
― Clara Bensen, No Baggage: A Minimalist Tale of Love and Wandering

“It wouldn’t have been easy between you and me and her and whoever else. But life is never easy, and there are a thousand ways to live it.”
― Nina George, The Little Paris Bookshop

“His father would presumably have signed up without hesitation to the three things that made you really “happy” according to Cuneo’s worldview. One: eat well. No junk food, because it only makes you unhappy, lazy and fat. Two: sleep through the night (thanks to more exercise, less alcohol and positive thoughts). Three: spend time with people who are friendly and seek to understand you in their own particular way. Four: have more sex—but that was Samy’s addition, and Perdu saw no real reason to tell his father that one.”
― Nina George, The Little Paris Bookshop