“Or rather, he stood at a slight tilt induced by the wine, a sort of 12:02.” — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“An act of generosity rarely ends a man's responsibilities toward another; it tends instead to begin them.” — Amor Towles Generosity Copy Share Image
I know that right choices by definition are the means by which life crystallizes loss. — Amor Towles Choice Copy Share Image
“at any given moment, we’re all seeking someone’s forgiveness.” — Amor Towles Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“For if serenity should be a hallmark of maturity, then impetuousness should be a hallmark of youth.” — Amor Towles Serenity Copy Share Image
Early on in the writing, there is often a sentence that pins down a character for me. — Amor Towles Character Copy Share Image
“the Count threaded the needle faster than saints enter the gates of heaven.” — Amor Towles Gates of heaven Copy Share Image
In 1989, I had a fellowship to teach for Yale in China for two years. I came back from California to New… — Amor Towles California Copy Share Image
I published 'Rules of Civility' while I was still working. It became a best seller. I was working on this book, and… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“I gather you are an early riser, Alexander Ilyich,” he said after a moment of silence. “Men of purpose usually are.” — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“That sense of loss is exactly what we must anticipate, prepare for, and cherish to the last of our days; for it… — Amor Towles Death Copy Share Image
“I found myself intent on keeping the memories of the year to myself. [...] I didn't want to share them. Because I… — Amor Towles Fiction Copy Share Image
“adversity presents itself in many forms; and that if a man does not master his circumstances then he is bound to be… — Amor Towles Adversity Copy Share Image
“Most people have more needs than wants. That's why they live the lives they do. But the world is run by those… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“Here they resided, two worldviews separated only by Fifth Avenue, facing off until the end of time or the end of Manhattan,… — Amor Towles End of time 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
“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
“And under the influence of the cradle like rocking of the train, your carefully crafted persona begins to slip away. The superego… — Amor Towles Dreams Copy Share Image
“Yes, a ghost, thought the Count, as he moved silently down the hall. Like Hamlet’s father roaming the ramparts of Elsinore after… — Amor Towles Ghost Copy Share Image
“As we age, we are bound to find comfort from the notion that it takes generations for a way of life to… — Amor Towles Generations Copy Share Image
“When a mother loses a daughter, she grieves over the future that her daughter will never have, but she can take solace… — Amor Towles Children 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 Professional success Copy Share Image
“What is your favorite day of the year? The summer solstice. June twenty-first. The longest day of the year. It was a… — Amor Towles Favorite day Copy Share Image
“When one experiences a profound setback in the course of an enviable life, one has a variety of options. Spurred by shame,… — Amor Towles Failure Copy Share Image
“You see that thirty-year-old blonde next to Jake? That’s his fiancée, Carrie Clapboard. Carrie moved all manner of heaven and earth to… — Amor Towles Heaven and earth Copy Share Image
“On the morning of Friday, July first, I had a low-paying job at a waning publisher and a dwindling circle of semi-acquaintances.… — Amor Towles Friday Copy Share Image
“But the Count hadn’t the temperament for revenge; he hadn’t the imagination for epics; and he certainly hadn’t the fanciful ego to… — Amor Towles Adversity Copy Share Image
“Quite simply, the Count’s father had believed that while a man should attend closely to life, he should not attend too closely… — Amor Towles Life Copy Share Image
“But correspondents are a wily bunch. Having stashed their typewriters, crossed the border, changed their clothes, and counted to ten, they began… — Amor Towles Correspondents Copy Share Image
“The lights flickered. The bands laid down their instruments and the crowds made quiety for the door.” — Amor Towles Light Copy Share Image
“Old times, as my father used to say: If you're not careful, they'll gut you like a fish.” — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
For better or worse, there are few things so disarming as one who laughs well at her own expense. — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
All the historical elements should feel organic to the story but not hammered down to serve a purpose. — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“From bells to cannons and back again, from now until the end of time. Such is the fate of iron ore.” — Amor Towles End of time Copy Share Image
“I suppose a room is the summation of all that has happened inside it.” — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
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