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Fallen from a higher life.
Donna Tartt • The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
“That’s what’s strange about him. I know that he’s a liar, a loafer, a cheap playboy, the most viciously irresponsible waste of a human being I ever imagined possible. Yet, when I look at him, I feel that if ever there was a man to whom I would entrust my life, he’s the one.”
Ayn Rand • Atlas Shrugged
Someone—I can’t remember who, for the life of me—once wrote that all novels are really letters aimed at one person.
Stephen King • On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft (A Memoir of the Craft (Reissue))
he wasn’t yet able to see Josie separately from the other humans, some of whom had angered him very much on account of their Pollution and inconsideration, and
Kazuo Ishiguro • Klara and the Sun: 'A masterpiece.' Sunday Times
“Dan,” Jack said, “NO ONE KNOWS.” And that was the worst of all. It was another way of saying never-never-never.
Stephen King • The Shining
flibbertigibbet.
Kurt Vonnegut • Slaughterhouse-Five
His prices were high, for failure often did not come easily.
Joseph Heller • Catch-22
Jack felt a wave of nearly desperate love for the boy. The emotion showed on his face as a stony grimness.