James Russell

“Twenty years of joy and support and friendship, that’s a success. Twenty years of anything with another person is a success. If a band stays together twenty years, it’s a miracle. If a comedy duo stays together twenty years, they’re a triumph. Is this night a failure because it will end in an hour? Is the sun a failure because it’s going to end in a billion years? No, it’s the fucking sun. Why does a marriage not count? It isn’t in us, it isn’t in human beings, to be tied to one person forever.”
― Andrew Sean Greer, Less

“Might it be a form of energy? Can it be recycled? Can we reuse it?”
― Hanne Ørstavik, The Blue Room

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector.”
― Graham Greene