“ The first thing many tourists see in Hawaii is concrete - a long dreary stretch of it through landscapes dominated by sad, cheap apartment buildings and almost entirely denuded of plant life. Hanya Yanagihara
“ No religion makes more use of color than Hinduism, with its blue-skinned gods and peony-lipped goddesses, and even the spring festival of Holi is focused on color: Boys squirt arcs of dyed water on pa… Hanya Yanagihara
“ Kashmir, the 86,000-square-mile region in India's north, both is and isn't the India of the popular imagination. Hanya Yanagihara
“ I think for a lot of people, friendship is a relationship that gets devalued once they move on to what people consider to be more important relationships: once you find a partner or when you have kids… Hanya Yanagihara
“ Every traveler knows too well the endless quest for the perfect travel bag: the one that's stylish enough to carry through Paris, sturdy enough to tote around Peru, and - most important - doesn't make… Hanya Yanagihara
“ Friendship is one of our most treasured relationships, but it isn't codified and celebrated; it's never going to give you a party. Hanya Yanagihara
“ In a basic sense, 'A Little Life' is a homage to how my friends and I live our lives. I wanted to push past the definitions of how we typically define friendship. It's a different version of adulthood… Hanya Yanagihara
“ I have never wanted a family. I don't believe in marriage, though I obviously believe it should be legal for everyone who wants to do it. But it is not something I believe in, nor do the characters in… Hanya Yanagihara
“ And then he hears, so close to his ear that it is as if the voice is originating inside his own head, Willem’s whispered incantation. You’re Jude St. Francis. You are my oldest, dearest friend. You’re… Hanya Yanagihara
“ Convulsing on the floor and had called Andy. Why didn’t you call Andy? Why didn’t you go to a diner and wait for me? Why didn’t you call Richard? Why didn’t you call Philippa and make her find me? Why… Hanya Yanagihara
“ Sometimes he wakes so far from himself that he can’t even remember who he is. Where am I? he asks, desperate, and then, Who am I? Who am I? And then he hears, so close to his ear that it is as if the… Hanya Yanagihara
“ You’re Jude St. Francis. You are my oldest, dearest friend. You’re the son of Harold Stein and Julia Altman. You’re the friend of Malcolm Irvine, of Jean-Baptiste Marion, of Richard Goldfarb, of Andy… Hanya Yanagihara
“ Who am I? Who am I? You’re Jude St. Francis. You are my oldest, dearest friend. You’re the son of Harold Stein and Julia Altman. You’re the friend of Malcolm Irvine, of Jean-Baptiste Marion, of Richar… Hanya Yanagihara
“ Sometimes he wakes so far from himself that he can't even remember who he is. 'Where am I?' he asks, desperate, and then, 'Who am I? Who am I?'And then he hears, so close to his ear that it is as if t… Hanya Yanagihara
“ When he came down, he was slower, and clutching something his hand. He leapt down the last 5 feet or so and came over to me, uncurling his fingers. In his palm was something trembling and silky and th… Hanya Yanagihara
“ He sits at the table and reads novels, old favorites of his, the words and plots and characters comforting and lived-in and unchanged. Hanya Yanagihara
“ That night, before bed, he goes first to Willem's side of the closet, which he has still not emptied. Here are Willem's shirts on their hangers, and his sweaters on their shelves, and his shoes lined… Hanya Yanagihara
“ In those hours he is awake and prowling through the building, he sometimes feels he is a demon who has disguised himself as a human, and only at night is it safe to shed the costume he must wear by da… Hanya Yanagihara
“ All ethics and morals are culturally relative. And Esme's reaction taught me that while cultural relativism is an easy concept to process intellectually, it is not, for many, an easy one to remember. Hanya Yanagihara
