286 quotes found
Author · American · 1970
American author (born 1970)
“...Sleepovers and dance parties and those talks we would have until three in the morning that would make us feel lousy the next day because wed slept like hell but also feel good because the talks ...”
“She looks at me, square in the eye. Taking aim. And then she pulls the trigger. Because I hated you.The wind, the noise, it all just goes quiet for a second, and Im left with a dull ringing in my e...”
“[My parents] always seemed less like lovebirds than like amiable business partners, for whom I'm the sole product.”
“My anger feels hot and bilious but I keep it bottled until it doubles back and I'm mad at myself.”
“The line between true self and feigned self is blurred on all sides.”
“For my first recital ever, they gave me a cello. And for this one, they gave me you.”
“Oh honey, have you learned nothing from these plays? Ain't such a line between faking and being.”
“Next time I get sick, you can tell that to me. You can be my girl in the mountains.""Okay", I say."I'll be your mountain girl and take care of you.”
“Is this how it is with lies? The first one comes hard, the second one easier, until they slip off your tongue easier than truths - maybe because they are easier than truths.”
“Pete and Repeat went out in a boat. Pete fell out. Who was saved?”
“I realize then that it's not enough to know what someone is called. You have to know who they are.”
“It feels like the city is telling secrets down here, privy only to those who think to listen.”
“When you make such a large withdrawal of happiness, somewhere you'll have to make an equally large deposit. It all goes back to the universal law of equilibrium.”
“I'll keep you here.' He taps his temple. 'Where you can't get lost.”
“If you could know going in that twenty-five years of love would break you in the end, would you risk it? Because isnt it inevitable? When you make such a large withdrawal of happiness, somewhere yo...”
“And just in general, I'm better. Better than I've been since Bram died, and in some ways better than I was even before that. No, Lulu didn't break my hear. But I'm beginning to wonder if in some ro...”
“But then Mason touches my neck, to the spot on it where the cut from that night has since healed, and I pull away.He was right, after all; it didn't leave a scar, though part of me wishes it had. A...”
“A journey of 1,000 miles starts with just 10 digits.”
“A journey of a thousand miles starts with just ten digits.”
“It's like you're averse to adventure.”