“Nobody likes being alone that much. I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all. It just leads to disappointment. ”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
― The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
― The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
“Jude had smiled at him. "Oh, dying," he said dismissively. "We're all dying. He just knew his death would come sooner than he had planned. But that doesn't mean they weren't happy years, that it wasn't a happy life.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
“a good book
can make an almost
impossible
existence,
liveable
for the reader
and
the writer.”
― Betting on the Muse: Poems & Stories
can make an almost
impossible
existence,
liveable
for the reader
and
the writer.”
― Betting on the Muse: Poems & Stories
“Beauty is rarely soft or consolatory. Quite the contrary. Genuine beauty is always quite alarming.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
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