119 quotes found
“Dating someone exclusively for four months in New York is like four years in Anchorage.”
“Im just not ready to give myself up, Sammy. I mean, theres something perfect about virginity, and I havent found someone who deserves to take that perfection from meYoure loco, Carlos. Insane. Tota...”
“Having had virtually no contact with the outside world for the last few weeks, Evan had temporarily forgotten the social norms governing shopping conduct or approaching celebrities in public.”
“Sometimes violence is necessary to prevent even more violence, I concluded, almost as if it were an epiphany.”
“Because in the end, we die. Its like Chekhov observed in so many of his plays: in two hundred years, no one will even know we were here.”
“So our narcissism has bared forth an unflattering nakedness that shames our species. But this is humanity. This is our condition.”
“Well, on some level, its similar to the psychological phenomenon of helplessness, where the will to try is lost. You get to the point where you just assume that your spontaneous call to a friend wi...”
“Dont invite envy to your house you never know who will show up, she used to warn me.”
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. (Edmund Burke)”
“Isnt it better just to make your own money, and then spend it how and when you want, and with dignity?”
“So your theory would seem to be that lying to yourself is no lie at all because you havent deceived any third party. And if you then convince yourself of those lies, youll believe them enough to re...”
“The male tax?Yeah. The tax that men have to pay for not having to menstruate every month. Or risk getting pregnant. Or deal with the physically stronger sex in a macho world Women have to put up wi...”
“I got it! I got it! Heeb declared triumphantly. Evan stopped in the middle of his kitchenette to hear Heebs idea. Sex in the Title.Yeah, thats what youve been saying I need.No, thats the title: Sex...”
“You have to take this with you too, she said, opening a box and holding up a silver necklace with the Syriac cross (a crucifix with a budding flower shape on each tip) dangling from it. My mother g...”
“And you never fall behind?Of course I do. But I always feel guilty when that happens. After all, my journal is the oldest and most loyal friend I have. And it never interrupts me when Im speaking, ...”
“Have you ever experienced a beauty of soul, an esthetic grace, that was so intense it made you want to cry?"From Central Park Song ( A Screenplay )”
“Honest dishonesty. Thats quite the oxymoron but I like the originality that youve brought to bear in the art of rationalization. Maybe you should consider becoming a lawyer, he added jokingly.”
“They truly embodied goodness and generosity like angels sent to save me in my hour of greatest need. Mohammed had risked everything to keep a promise to my father. He and his family saved not only...”
“My decision to become a teacher suddenly seemed even more appropriate. Life had just become that much more unpredictably precarious and ill-suited to long-term planning, and it felt that much more ...”
“So if you choose me, then you have declared me more special to you than anyone else, because only one man can have that honor.”
