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“Really, nobody was there? I asked.Well, nobody important, he said, putting his glasses back on and blinking.”
“Really, nobody was there?” I asked.“Well, nobody important,” he said, putting his glasses back on and blinking.”
“That weekend the city blushed with a great heat wave but on Monday it rained, cooling the ache in the streets burn.”
“There have been times I have thought some dreams should never be dreamt, but I would hate a world where that was true.”
“I dont think Ive ever referred to any girl I dated as my girlfriend. I think that would freak me out. Even the girl that I dated for two years in college I dont think I ever referred to her as my g...”
“Ive officially turned into a loser, she whispered cynically. Im looking forward to going home and having cereal for dinner and walking Mitchell and studying a little and then going to sleep. Ive ha...”
“This is so funny, said Ellen, noticing the seating arrangement. Isnt this funny? Tom, come sit next to Robin. Griffin, sit next to Laura. I stood up and sat next to Robin while Griffin brought his ...”
“Look, girls know when theyre cute, he said. You dont have to tell them. All they need to do is look in the mirror. I have one friend out in New York, an attorney. She moved out there after the scho...”
“One of the professors told me last week that he feels bad teaching with the way the economy is now. Whats the point? he said. Kids arent getting jobs. You never hear faculty talk that way. He did.”
“Do you want to achieve something or do you just want to make money? asked a nearby man in a white shirt to another man in a striped shirt. I waited for the answer as I slowly walked past them. Why ...”
“Dont you think most of those kids think too much about who got an A or a B when they were in law school and what that means to an inflated G.P.A. and not enough about the world? asked Connor irrele...”
“Should I have a doughnut or my disgusting cardboard? asked Gwynn, as she drew up languidly before me at a study table in a bookstore on State Street, raising a puffed rice cake in the air. My eyes ...”
“You know, sometimes I think this is just not it, he said, his glasses flashing from the early nights light. He turned toward me in a thoughtful pause.You know what I mean, Tom? he asked. Its just not.”
“I remember when I was twenty-five, he said. No client comes to you when youre twenty-five. Its like when you are looking for a doctor. You dont want the new one that just graduated. You dont want t...”
“The stars glittered in the sky and as the number of people at the party grew there were merging conversations and laughter and bodies moving in outlines around the kegs of beer in a curtsy of youth.”
“Shortly before school started, I moved into a studio apartment on a quiet street near the bustle of the downtown in one of the most self-conscious bends of the world. The Gold Coast was a neighborh...”
“It was a generation growing in its disillusionment about the deepening recession and the backroom handshakes and greedy deals for private little pots of gold that created the largest financial melt...”
“She loves swimming, said Ellen, who I knew had been a competitive swimmer in college. Ellen looked in the rearview mirror at Kara.Dont you Kara? asked Ellen.There was no response. I didnt start unt...”
“Look, girls know when they’re cute,” he said. “You don’t have to tell them. All they need to do is look in the mirror. I have one friend out in New York, an attorney. She moved out there after the ...”
“Do you want to achieve something or do you just want to make money?” asked a nearby man in a white shirt to another man in a striped shirt. I waited for the answer as I slowly walked past them. “Wh...”
“Don’t you think most of those kids think too much about who got an A or a B when they were in law school and what that means to an inflated G.P.A. and not enough about the world?” asked Connor irre...”
