O God — please give him back! I shall keep asking You.
I’m not afraid, but I’m very nervous.
Good habits are worth being fanatical about.
Foreshadowing is the storytelling companion of fate.
Won’t they?
People are like that .... They need to make their own worst experiences universal. It gives them a kind of support.’ And who can blame them? It is just infuriating to argue with someone like that; bec...
Once the state starts providing, it feels free to hand out the rules, too! Larch blurted hastily. ...In a better world... she began patiently.No, not in a better world! he cried. In this one--in this...
And what were the rules at St. Cloud's? What were Larch's rules? Which rules did Dr. Larch observe, which ones did he break, or replace--and with what confidence?
I grew up around books - my grandmother's house, where I lived as a small child, was full of books. My father was a history teacher, and he loved the Russian novels. There were always books around.
Self-hatred is worse than loneliness.
Proposed—in
You can learn a lot from your lovers, but-for the most part-you get to keep your friends longer, and you learn more from them.
Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties.
The day women stop reading—that’s the day the novel dies!
That's okay, I said. We're writers. We make things up.
THERE'S NO NEED TO BE CRUDE,' said Owen Meany.
Some unexplainable things are real.
Ever since the Christmas of '53, I have felt that the yuletide is a special hell for those families who have suffered any loss or who must admit to any imperfection; the so-called spirit of giving can...
Being afraid you'll look like a coward is the worst reason for doing anything.
WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS, IF YOU WANT TO DO THINGS YOUR OWN WAY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION - YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND A LITTLE COURAGE.