Duncan Pelham

“Silence can be either protest or consent, but most times it’s fear.”
― Paul Beatty, The Sellout

“Irony is just honesty with the volume cranked up.”
― George Saunders

“But the first lesson reading teaches is how to be alone.”
― Jonathan Franzen, How to Be Alone

“Life makes fools of all of us sooner or later. But keep your sense of humor and you'll at least be able to take your humiliations with some measure of grace. In the end, you know, its our own expectations that crush us.”
― Paul Murray, Skippy Dies