“Is that why you do good deeds, Richie? To shorten your time in Purgatory?' 'Oh, honey,' he said, brushing lint from an orange sleeve. 'I'm going to hell. That's where the action is.” — Michael Nava Copy Share Image
“Her work was indeed elliptical, she left out everything that was essential, including logic and meaning. Her words neither described nor observed things. They… — Michael Nava Copy Share Image
“Is that why you do good deeds, Richie? To shorten your time in Purgatory?' 'Oh, honey,' he said, brushing lint from an orange sleeve.… — Michael Nava Copy Share Image
“Grief is half of justice," she said, and added, a moment later, "the other half is a hope.” — Michael Nava Copy Share Image
“And what right do you have to judge me? He was nothing to you but a drink." "No," I said. "I loved him." She… — Michael Nava Copy Share Image
“Only very young people believe that change is always for the better.” — Michael Nava Copy Share Image
“We had not liked each other much at first. He mistook my shyness for arrogance and I failed to see that his arrogance masked… — Michael Nava Copy Share Image
“I'm sorry about today." "Do you want to talk about it?" "I was bored and lonely." "Some would call that the human condition.” — Michael Nava Copy Share Image
“You know, Henry, we're the only people who get born into the enemy camp. I mean, black babies get born into black families, Jewish… — Michael Nava Copy Share Image
“People are basically screwed-up and often the best you can do for them is listen, hear the worst and then tell it's not so… — Michael Nava Copy Share Image
“La petite mort - that's what the French called orgasm. They believed that semen is sort of concentrated blood so that each time a… — Michael Nava Copy Share Image
“She's a good poet but a very neurotic woman." "Don't the two go together?” — Michael Nava Copy Share Image
