Ima toliko Džonatana. Prava poplava knjževnih Džonatana. Kad bi čitala Njujork tajms buk rivju, pomislila bi da je to najčešće muško ime u Americi. Sinonim za veličinu i talenat. Za ambiciju i vitalno...
I'm a carnivore, a carnivore, a terrible disgusting carnivore.
I may be dead tomorrow, I said to myself, but
I get feminism as an equal-rights issue, he’d said to her once. What I don’t get is the theory. Whether women are supposed to be exactly the same as men, or different and better than men. And he’d lau...
Everything he did was at least partial and often total bullshit (402).
El sol bajo, en el cielo: luminaria menor, estrella enfriándose. Ráfagas de desorden, sucesivas. Árboles inquietos, temperaturas en descenso,
Although in general Gary applauded the modern trend toward individual self-management of retirement funds and long-distance calling plans and private-schooling options, he was less than thrilled to be...
Превърнал се в средностатистическа единица в американския експеримент по самоуправление, който бил изкривен от самото начало, тъй като избягалите от пренаселения Стар свят към новия континент не прите...
Но дори и най-баналните домакински задължения като работа в градината, чистене или пазаруване й се струваха по-приятни и по-спешни от въргалянето в кревата и след като в главата ти се загнезди мисълта...
Да започнем с дефинирането на проблема - поде Уолтър. - Проблемът е, че никой не се осмелява да повдигне въпроса за пренаселеността. Защо? Защото темата не носи дивиденти. Защото в нея няма нищо ново....
It seemed as if the Internet was governed more by fear: the fear of unpopularity and uncoolness, the fear of missing out, the fear of being flamed or forgotten.
[...] gli parve di essere sbucato fuori non solo dagli acquitrini, ma anche dalla domenica, e di essere finito tra le dune di un ottavo, anonimo giorno della settimana che lui era l'unica persona al m...
You encountered a misery near the end of the day and it took a while to gauge its full extent. Some miseries had sharp curvature and could be negotiated readily. Others had almost no curvature and you...
What he'd never understood about men in his position, in all the books he'd read and movies he'd seen about them, was clearer to him now: you couldn't keep expecting wholehearted love without, at some...
Was there anything more sweetly existential than the walking done for sex in the most desolate of streets at three in the morning? The casual slaughter of a reasonable sleep schedule? The strangeness...
To have an identity, you have to believe that other identities equally exist. You need closeness with other people. And how is closeness built? By sharing secrets.
There’s the imperative to keep secrets, and the imperative to have them known. How do you know that you’re a person, distinct from other people? By keeping certain things to yourself.
There was, of course, nowhere better in the world to be than New York City. This fact was the foundation of her family's satisfaction with itself, the platform from which all else could be ridiculed,...
She, for her part, was accustomed to my leavings and didn't complain too much. But she still felt about me what she'd always felt, which was what I wouldn't really feel about her until after she was g...
She had a lifetime of practice at arriving late in a family of four and being loved by all.