“I'm sorry about today." "Do you want to talk about it?" "I was bored and lonely." "Some would call that the human… — 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
