The most important things in your life are almost always impossible to predict. — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
“As the liquid paper’s fumes quell his brain activity, Jack finds himself staring at her again and what he thinks is this:… — Joe Meno Staring Copy Share Image
We have fun acting like this, acting like we are incredibly offended. Really, we are just bored to tears with everything. — Joe Meno Acting Copy Share Image
“It’s pretty hard not to like her,” he says. “Even when you know you shouldn’t.” — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
Maybe it was better to just go on believing everything was OK, even when really bad things were just about to happen. — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
Being decent is the only thing that matters in a terrible world like this. — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
“For years, Thisbe will later think of that one moment in the field as the only time she was ever sure about… — Joe Meno Heart Copy Share Image
“The only thing all men have in common with one another is their inherent capacity to make mistakes. But there is wonder… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
“C. On that cloudless Saturday morning, Madeline wakes up and sees Jonathan lying beside her, then decides that she’s probably going to… — Joe Meno Saturday morning Copy Share Image
“Without death, there is hardly any threat strong enough to truly appreciate human life. He thinks: I am as good as dead--too… — Joe Meno Death Copy Share Image
“It will happen soon. Someday you will find yourself surrounded by people with the exact same interests as you, and you will… — Joe Meno College Copy Share Image
“Jack: Well, I've never been to New York, but I hear it's for assholes. Odile: It's not. Jack: Well, that's what I… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
“Go to a goddamn priest if you wanna be lied to. I've seen too many of your kind slip back inside to… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
Beneath all of her thoughts and worries, beneath the complication of conflicting identities and needs, maybe it's as simple as loving the… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
And it's exactly what's wrong with the radio. It's like...anything that tries to appeal to everybody always ends up sounding so cheap. — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
“...a book is actually a place, a place where we, as adults, still have the chance to engage in active imagining, translating… — Joe Meno Book Copy Share Image
“What Mr. Albee most desires is for the Model UN, the entire group of them, all eleven, even the scoundrel Quinn, to… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
“We’re adults,” he says quickly. “I’m only here to work. I won’t bother you or anything.” “Fine,” she says. “Great.” “Great,” he… — Joe Meno Friend Copy Share Image
Potluck Supper with Meeting to Follow is a marvel, deftly examining the connections between art and everyday life. Andy Sturdevant's lively, unique… — Joe Meno Art Copy Share Image
“Listen, I’m going to give you some advice, not because I think you need it, but because I feel like I’ve earned… — Joe Meno Advice Copy Share Image
The more I write, the more I've come to realize that books have a different place in our society than other media.… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
“Kristin nods, marching ahead of Clark, who gazes as the impossible smallness of Kristin’s ankles and feet. Years later, while imprisoned for… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
“It is no parlor trick: There is a skull and, in the dark, it is glowing. Somehow it is now floating above… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
“Maybe, he thinks, as he’s riding on through the snow, maybe this is why she’s leaving. Maybe she fell in love with… — Joe Meno Love Copy Share Image
Do not be confused by what the natural world knows: We are all, in our own way, completely and totally alone. If… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
[Sex] is really awkward. You know you have expectations and then it's this great moment of connection and it's a surprise. But… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
“I’ve been thinking a lot and it’s not that anyone did anything wrong. We just didn’t know what we wanted. We weren’t… — Joe Meno Thinking Copy Share Image
I was getting close to thirty and was trying on the idea of becoming more mature. I was reading more. I had… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
“And he says, “I’m trying to figure out what’s wrong with me. And I think I realized that I’m average, that there’s… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
“You are saying, I would like to but I could never forgive you or myself. I am saying, if you let me… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
Maybe that's why people have friends at all. Not because they like them so much but because they don't make them feel… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
“I told you why. If I don’t do it now, I never will. I’ll just be some office drone ten years from… — Joe Meno Life Copy Share Image
“But why? Why did you do the evil things you did?' Billy asks suddenly. 'Ah, because I could not imagine consequences,' the… — Joe Meno Evil Copy Share Image
“What lasts? What lasts? What lasts? What lasts? What lasts? And so he stares for an hour or so at all her… — Joe Meno Art Copy Share Image
“...and realizes how there are all these moments, moments like just this one, there are all these moments, and how everyone lives… — Joe Meno Memories Copy Share Image
“Just because you have blue hair and fucked-up clothes doesn’t mean you’re better than everyone else. Because you know what? You’re just… — Joe Meno Blue hair Copy Share Image
“I really do. It’s the first time I don’t have to think at work, you know. It’s really simple. You just answer… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
A book is actually a place, a place where we, as adults, still have the chance to engage in active imagining, translating… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
“He wants to say: First of all, you were wrong about pop music. And art and all of pop culture. And all… — Joe Meno Art Copy Share Image
Funny as hell, searingly honest, and urgently real, Sam Pink's Rontel puts to shame most modern fiction. His writing perfectly captures the… — Joe Meno Bizarre Copy Share Image
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