Jess M-C

“Gentlemen, welcome to the world of reality—there is no audience. No one to applaud, to admire. No one to see you. Do you understand? Here is the truth—actual heroism receives no ovation, entertains no one. No one queues up to see it. No one is interested.”
― David Foster Wallace, The Pale King: An Unfinished Novel

“Love made us partners in narcissism, and we talked ceaselessly about how close we were, how perfect our connection was, like we were the first people in history to ever get it exactly right. We were that couple for a while, nauseatingly impervious assholes, busy staring into each other’s eyes while everyone else was trying to have a good time. When I think about how stupid we were, how obstinately clueless about the realities that awaited us, I just want to go back to that skinny, cocksure kid with his bloated heart and perennial erection, and kick his teeth in.”
― Jonathan Tropper, This is Where I Leave You

“To be next to her was to have everything.”
― Marisha Pessl, Night Film

“The modern woman's a mess of contradictions that they lay on themselves that drives them nuts.”
― David Foster Wallace, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men