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and my feet, in sympathy with the music, tapped
Zadie Smith • Swing Time: A Novel
It’s always caught between somewhere, something always lost between expression and emotion.
Caleb Azumah Nelson • Small Worlds
In the times we didn’t know ourselves, we always had each other; when faced with the unknown, we could lean back into the familiar, knowing each other’s hearts, knowing each other’s intimacies.
Caleb Azumah Nelson • Small Worlds
A Messiah who actually arrives is no good to anybody. A hope fulfilled is already half a disappointment.
Michael Chabon • The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Zuskin once explained that “my heart is captivated particularly by the image of the person who is derided and humiliated, but who loves life, even though he encounters obstacles placed before him through no fault of his own.”
Dara Horn • People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
Abe and Sadie smoked some pot, and he put on one of his favorite 45s, the Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows,” which was the B-side to “Wouldn’t It Be Nice.” Abe particularly liked incidents where the B-side had become more significant than the A-side. “Can you believe that?” Abe said.
Gabrielle Zevin • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel
