The time to read Madame Bovary is when your romantic hopes and desires have crashed, and you will believe that your future relationships will have disappointing - even devastating - consequences.
She say to tell you you was the nicest, Muddy told the boy. She say to tell your dad he a hero, and that you was the nicest.
Ruth sabía que era afortunada. Se dijo que su próxima novela debería tratar de la buena suerte, de cómo la buena suerte y el infortunio se distribuyen de una manera desigual, si no al nacer, por lo me...
Okay, I said. I still have that photograph, though I don’t like remembering any part of the day Carlton Delacorte died.
Oh, what a nation of moralists the Americans are! With what fervor do they relish bringing their sexual misconduct to light! A pity that they do not bring their moral outrage to bear on their presiden...
Of course, apologies are rarely acceptable to true believers - or to anyone who believes in *pure* good, or in pure evil.
MADE FOR TELEVISION!' said Owen Meany.
It's rare when there's something we can do for ourselves which also pleases someone else.
It happens to many teenagers-that moment when you feel full of resentment or distrust for those adults you once loved unquestioningly.
It doesn't really matter who said it - it's so obviously true. Bevore you can write anything, you have to notice something.
If we couldn't get strong from what we lose, and what we miss, and what we want and can't have, then we couldn't ever get strong enough.
I'm just a woman with a penis! she would say, her voice rising.
I walked all the way through the Heldenplatz – the Plaza of Heroes – and stood where thousands of cheering fascists had greeted Hitler, once. I thought that fanatics would always have an audience; all...
I actually remember my grandfather better as a woman than as a man.
Hang in there, Frank!' Freud called - to the entire lobby. 'Don't let anyone tell you you're queer! You're a prince, Frank!' Freud cried. 'You're better than Rudolf!' Freud yelled to Frank. 'You're mo...
Faith itself is a miracle,
An affection that was calculated was never trustworthy.
ARE THEY ESPECIALLY WILD?
Your memory is a monster; you forget -it doesn't. It simply files thingsaway. It keeps things for you, or hides things from you - and summons them to your recall with a will of its own. You think you...
I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.