“for what sort of freedom is it, you reasoned, if obedience is bought with loaves of BREAD?” — Amor Towles Freedom Copy Share Image
“The only difference between everybody and nobody is all the shoes” — Amor Towles Difference Copy Share Image
“The designs of men are notoriously subservient to happenstance, hesitation, and haste; but” — Amor Towles Greatness Copy Share Image
“To get out of that party, we both would have volunteered to walk a rabid dog.” — Amor Towles Animal Copy Share Image
“A man can never be entirely sure that he is not a fuddy-duddy. That is axiomatic to the term.” — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
That's the problem with living in New York. You've got no New York to run away to. — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“imagining what might happen if one’s circumstances were different was the only sure route to madness.” — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“Rather than sitting in orderly rows in a schoolhouse, wouldn't one be better served by working her way towards an actual horizon,… — Amor Towles Horizon Copy Share Image
“—I probably shouldn’t tell you this, I said. —Kay-Kay, those are my six favorite words in the English language.” — Amor Towles English language Copy Share Image
“...be careful when choosing what you're proud of--because the world has every intention of using it against you.” — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
To a bookish boy in a Boston suburb in the mid-1970s, the lyrics of Cole Porter came as something of a revelation. — Amor Towles Boston Copy Share Image
As awful as the crimes of Stalinism were, the vast majority of the Russian population was trying to survive, to love, to… — Amor Towles Love Copy Share Image
“referencing that self-imposed simplicity favored by New England Protestants who respect everything about wealth other than its uses.” — Amor Towles Protestants Copy Share Image
“a parent’s responsibility could not be more simple: To bring a child safely into adulthood so that she could have a chance… — Amor Towles Child Copy Share Image
“Mishka has his “project”; and this young architect, unable to build buildings, takes pride and pleasure from the careful drafting of hotel… — Amor Towles Architecture Copy Share Image
“Whatever their story, Eve was breathing easy now - for the moment forgetful, vulnerable, at peace. It's a purposeful irony of life,… — Amor Towles Irony of life Copy Share Image
Growing up, I didn't come from a musical family. Neither of my parents played an instrument, sang out loud, or listened to… — Amor Towles Family Copy Share Image
“When one turns seventeen and begins to experience that first period of real independence, one's senses are so alert, one's sentiments so… — Amor Towles Communication Copy Share Image
“But the objection being raised was not due to the phrase’s overall lack of verve; rather it was due to the word… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t about who had dibs now or who was sitting next to whom in the cinema. The game had changed; or… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“I caught up with the others outside, giving a little prayer of thanks to no one in particular. Because when some incident… — Amor Towles Chance Copy Share Image
When I sat down to write 'Rules of Civility,' I didn't write it for anybody but myself. I wasn't trying to make… — Amor Towles Civility Copy Share Image
Some writers such as John Cheever and Raymond Carver seem to draw artistic energy from analyzing the realm of their own experiences… — Amor Towles Art Copy Share Image
“True, duels were fought by convention at dawn in isolated locations to ensure the privacy of the gentlemen involved. But were they… — Amor Towles Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
“I gather from Audrius that that concoction contains ten different ingredients. In addition to vodka, rum, brandy, and grenadine, it boasts an… — Amor Towles Cocktail Copy Share Image
“Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov stirred at half past eight to the sound of rain on the eaves. With a half-opened eye, he… — Amor Towles Sound of rain 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
“As the willow studied the Count, he noted that the arches over her eyebrows were very much like the marcato notation in… — Amor Towles Music Copy Share Image
“Anyone who has ridden the subway twice a day to earn their bread knows how it goes: When you board, you exhibit… — Amor Towles Persona Copy Share Image
But for me, dinner at a fine restaurant was the ultimate luxury. It was the very height of civilization. For what was… — Amor Towles Ascendancy Copy Share Image
“Alexander Rostov was neither scientist nor sage; but at the age of sixty-four he was wise enough to know that life does… — Amor Towles Companionship Copy Share Image
“Learning dance steps was the sorry Saturday night pursuit of every boardinghouse girl in America” — Amor Towles America Copy Share Image
“There are few things so disarming as one who laughs well at her own expense.” — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“I'm willing to be under anything...as long as it isn't somebody's thumb.” — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“But in the end, it has been the inconveniences that have mattered to me most.” — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
If you could relive one year in your life, which one would it be? [...] The upcoming one. — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“I suppose Anne was right when she observed that at any given moment we're all seeking someone's forgiveness.” — Amor Towles Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“She could have made a favourable impression on someone if she hadn't acted as though at any moment the city was going… — Amor Towles Heart Copy Share Image
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