Jane

“I have been too fond of stories.”
― Leah Hager Cohen, No Book but the World

“They laughed the innocent laughter of two snobs taking a holiday from that need to appear tolerant and open-minded which marred what Nicholas still called 'modern life,' although he had never known any other kind.”
― Edward St. Aubyn

“One thing you distinctly never want to hear a man you're interested in say softly is that his favorite book in the whole world is The Golden Notebook. Here you are dealing with a liar from the black lagoon and it's time to start feeling in your purse for carfare.”
― Norman Rush, Mating

“Literature is humanity talking to itself.”
― Norman Rush