Morton Goolsbee

“When had she so internalized the feeling that if something wasn’t great she needed to bridge the gap between reality and idealism with her own manufactured enthusiasm? Her enthusiasm was like one of those faux snow machines at a ski resort. For most of her life it had been churning out synthetic delight. It had basically forgotten the original recipe.”
― Alissa Nutting, Made for Love

“Un tizietto in tuta mi grida dal pianerottolo in alto che non dovrei stare qui. E’ la storia della mia vita. Sempre in un posto dove non dovrei stare.”
― Irvine Welsh

“Things can get pretty rough out there," he says. "Can't they? For you girls? You're all a bunch of warriors, aren't you? Lionhearted.”
― Megan Abbott, The End of Everything

“كانت جميلة, ربما ليست الأجمل بين الحضور الأنثوي, ولكنها جميلة بصورة غير محددة, بصورة خاصة, لا يمكن شرحها بالكلمات, مثل بيت شعر يفلت معناه من المترجم, إذا كان ثمة وجود لهذا الشيء في بيت شعر.”
― José Saramago, Death with Interruptions