As a traveler, I should probably count myself fortunate to be living in the jet age, and as an author, I know… — Amor Towles Age Copy Share Image
“And the waiters? Like those of a Parisian café, the Piazza’s waiters could best be complimented as “efficient.” Accustomed” — Amor Towles Waiters Copy Share Image
“That's the problem with being born in New York, the old newsman observed a little sadly. You've got no New York to… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“It was a matter of making it through the night, which is often harder than it sounds, and always a very individual… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“chance encounters—encounters which in the moment had seemed so haphazard and effervescent but which with time took on some semblance of fate.” — Amor Towles Chance encounters Copy Share Image
“But at forty? They had enough appetite to eat well, enough temperance to drink in moderation, and enough wisdom to celebrate the… — Amor Towles Appetite Copy Share Image
“To have even one year when you're presented with choices that can alter your circumstances, your character, your course- that's by the… — Amor Towles Choices Copy Share Image
“The scientists call it human nature; which is just a fancy term for the God-given flaws we have no intention of giving… — Amor Towles Flaws Copy Share Image
“After meeting someone by chance and throwing off a few sparks, can there be any substance to the feeling that you've known… — Amor Towles Communication Copy Share Image
“For it is a fact that a man can be profoundly out of step with his times. A man may have been… — Amor Towles Culture Copy Share Image
“No doubt there have been moments when your life has taken a bit of a leap forward; and no doubt you look… — Amor Towles Life Copy Share Image
“There is an of-quoted passage in Walden, in which Thoreau exhorts us to find our pole star and to follow it unwaveringly… — Amor Towles Adventure Copy Share Image
“That is how time passes when one is left waiting unaccountably. The hours become interminable. The minutes relentless. And the seconds? Why,… — Amor Towles Time Copy Share Image
“For the next few minutes, there was a thorough rehashing of the courses (That meat was delicious. The sauce was perfect. And… — Amor Towles Chocolate mousse Copy Share Image
Say I lived until 80 and read a book a month seriously, that means I was looking at 480 books left in… — Amor Towles Attention Copy Share Image
“they seemed to depict an America in which corruption and cruelty lounged on the couch; in which justice was a beggar and… — Amor Towles Economics Copy Share Image
I always thought I was a writer on the inside, but after a few years of not writing, you can't make that… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“But surely, you didn't juggle oranges," said Emile. "No," Andrey admitted, as he carefully returned the oranges to the counter. "I juggled… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“But having mastered the art of descending the stairs to a gathering of admirers, she had yet to master the art of… — Amor Towles Art Copy Share Image
That's how quickly New York City comes about - like a weather wane - or the head of a cobra. Time tells… — Amor Towles Cities Copy Share Image
“Suddenly—I shone in all my might, and morning rang its round. Always to shine, to shine everywhere, to the very depths of… — Amor Towles Motto Copy Share Image
“What was your favorite day of the year? The summer solstice. June twenty-first. The longest day of the year.” — Amor Towles Favorite day Copy Share Image
“For standing at the edge of his table was the young girl with the penchant for yellow—studying him with that unapologetic interest… — Amor Towles Children Copy Share Image
“A slouching posture tends to suggest a certain laziness of character as well as a lack of interest in others. Whereas an… — Amor Towles Posture Copy Share Image
“I told him I'd always found the description a little too long on adjectives and a little too short on specifics.” — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
I make extensive outlines before I write a book. I usually know what will happen. I know the characters, and I know… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“Without a doubt. But imagining what might happen if one’s circumstances were different was the only sure route to madness.” — Amor Towles Doubt Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it is a matter of celestial balance," he reflected. "A sort of cosmic equilibrium. Perhaps the aggregate experience of Time is… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“From the very first words of her speech, the audience can tell that here was no idler. For her voice was that… — Amor Towles Communication Copy Share Image
I had read Harold Bloom's 'Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?' Late in his life, having read everything, Bloom asked which books had… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
I prefer to put myself in an environment that's further afield and look through the eyes of someone who differs from me… — Amor Towles Age Copy Share Image
“It seemed to give shape to the open air, or rather to reveal the hidden architecture that was there all along -… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“I knew too well the nature of life's distractions and enticements-how the piecemeal progress of our hopes and ambitions commands our undivided… — Amor Towles Ambition Copy Share Image
“For it is the role of the parent to express his concerns and then take three steps back. Not one, mind you,… — Amor Towles Child Copy Share Image
“How little imagination and courage we show in our hatreds. If we earn fifty cents an hour, we admire the rich and… — Amor Towles Courage Copy Share Image
“When all was said and done, the endeavors that most modern men saw as urgent (such as appointments with bankers and the… — Amor Towles Fitness Copy Share Image
“In our twenties, when there is still so much time ahead of us, time that seems ample for a hundred indecisions, for… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“And the objects in our homes? The oriental coffee tables and well-worn desks that have been handed down from generation to generation?… — Amor Towles Beauty Copy Share Image
“With over a millennia of heritage behind them, each with their own glimpse of empire and some pinnacle of human expression (a… — Amor Towles Conformity Copy Share Image
“Mishka would pine for Katerina the rest of his life! Never again would he walk Nevsky Prospekt, however they chose to rename… — Amor Towles Life Copy Share Image
