Jaimst

“Words were no longer simply words, but a curious codes of silence, a way of speaking that continually moved around the thing that was being said. As long as we avoided the real subject, the spell would not broken. We both slipped naturally into this kind of banter, and it became all the more powerful because neither of us abandoned the character. We knew what we were doing, but at the same time we pretended not to. Thus my courtship of Sophie began - slowly, decorously, building by the smallest of increments.”
― Paul Auster, The Locked Room

“Sometimes I even felt like he dated me as part of his plan, like they were going to have a checklist on the application, and one of the things to tick off was going to be, "Do you have a reasonably intelligent girlfriend who shares your aspirations, and who is fully prepared to accept your limited availability?”
― Maureen Johnson, Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances

“It's strange to describe reading a book as a really great experience, but that's kind of how it felt.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“It’s strange how things can change back as suddenly as they changed originally. When one thing happens and suddenly, things are back to normal.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower