21 quotes found
“She liked reality shows the best, and then the shows that purported to be about reality.”
“Judging by your face, the what-the-fuck nodes in your cerebral cortex must be a real light show.”
“We are going to eat ice cream and we are going to eat shit. The trick is to use different spoons.”
“You pay a whore to make you feel like a man, you fund a philharmonic to make yourself feel like a refined man.”
“They werent like dolls, because dolls had no feelings. Kids had feelings, just not any remotely related to yours.”
“They weren’t like dolls, because dolls had no feelings. Kids had feelings, just not any remotely related to yours.”
“I was also one of those people who hadnt caught up with the latest social networking site. Maura belonged to most of them. She passed most evenings befriending men who had tried to date-rape her in...”
“I felt as though I were snorting cocaine, or rappelling down a cliffside, or cliffsurfing off a cliff of pure cocaine.”
“Wed been walking in endless rectangles and now we were near the candy store again. The lights were out, the security gate down. We leaned up against the wall of a bank and I could feel the cool sto...”
“Oh, do you, Milo? Youre so selfish. You dont see the bigger picture. Whats the bigger picture? Youre still here looking for handouts. Whos going to take care of me? Im on my knees here, Mom. Not fo...”
“Yes, said Cooley. That is the question, as the Bard might say. The Bard? Whats so funny? said Cooley. Nothing, sir, I said. I just didnt know people still used that term. Well, Im a people, Burke. ...”
“Fuck, said Bernie. Fuckwinky eyeballhead. No, Bernie. We dont use those words. Which words? You know which words. You used them, Daddy. I made a mistake. I am sorry I said that word. It isnt helpin...”
“So, yes, I should have just surrendered, cinched the entitled scion her little pouch of entitlements, put in my calls to the name shufflers, done my duty. I thought about that moment later on. Mayb...”
“You said you were having a dream. Its true, I did. Was it the one where youre inside the girl and you are pumping her and pumping her and you are so happy but then it turns out its not a girl, its ...”
“They sought each other, missed each other, at cocktail parties, in train terminals, at flower shops, their fin de siecle Nokias gaining symbolic power with each scene.”
“I was also one of those people who hadn’t caught up with the latest social networking site. Maura belonged to most of them. She passed most evenings befriending men who had tried to date-rape her i...”
“We’d been walking in endless rectangles and now we were near the candy store again. The lights were out, the security gate down. We leaned up against the wall of a bank and I could feel the cool st...”
“Oh, do you, Milo? You’re so selfish. You don’t see the bigger picture.” “What’s the bigger picture?” “You’re still here looking for handouts. Who’s going to take care of me?” “I’m on my knees here,...”
“Yes,” said Cooley. “That is the question, as the Bard might say.” “The Bard?” “What’s so funny?” said Cooley. “Nothing, sir,” I said. “I just didn’t know people still used that term.” “Well, I’m a ...”
“Fuck,” said Bernie. “Fuckwinky eyeballhead.” “No, Bernie. We don’t use those words.” “Which words?” “You know which words.” “You used them, Daddy.” “I made a mistake. I am sorry I said that word. I...”
