“Rivalry glued the girls together in a way that regular contact could not.” — Galt Niederhoffer Copy Share Image
“Their looks and personalities were still intact, but some thing had atrophied ever so slightly. Their faces bore the distinct wear of… — Galt Niederhoffer Goals Copy Share Image
Technically, on the spectrum of very bad things, they did nothing truly wicked. But of course, that spectrum has no measure for… — Galt Niederhoffer Bad thing Copy Share Image
“Physical attraction did its part to glue them together, but something stronger than sexual attraction sealed the bond. When men and women… — Galt Niederhoffer Apart Copy Share Image
“If something terrible happens to me, it's not my job to spare you from my pain.” — Galt Niederhoffer Copy Share Image
“Assigning degrees of blame to betrayal is a difficult project, much like deciding which of two murderers has the more wicked heart.… — Galt Niederhoffer Betrayal Copy Share Image
The map was just an accessory. She knew exactly where she was. — Galt Niederhoffer Accessories Copy Share Image
“The crux of the problem was this: He was at once everything and nothing she needed. Seen from afar, they were picturesque,… — Galt Niederhoffer Education Copy Share Image
“The state of being lost, he seemed to imply, granted him a kind of freedom.” — Galt Niederhoffer Freedom Copy Share Image
“He began to view writing as a petty ambition, a frivolous and indulgent whim, creativity itself as the pathology of the very… — Galt Niederhoffer Ambition Copy Share Image
“The sound of his voice was an overwhelming relief, like remembering the name of a beloved song or returning to a childhood… — Galt Niederhoffer Beloved son Copy Share Image
“Occasionally, she wondered if all couples struggled so much to understand one another, spoke so little at dinner together, spent so much… — Galt Niederhoffer Couples Copy Share Image
“There was no one--nothing else in the world--that had this unbelievable effect on him: thrilling electrification. But just as soon as he… — Galt Niederhoffer Adventure Copy Share Image
There was something horribly depressing, she felt, about watching the weather report. That life could be planned like the perfect summer picnic… — Galt Niederhoffer Depressing Copy Share Image
“And she had been in love enough times to rule out the possibility that this was merely some feat of nostalgia.” — Galt Niederhoffer Enough time Copy Share Image
“I don't think I have some special gift for knowing what's in your heart. I think we both do.” — Galt Niederhoffer Copy Share Image
Betrayal lived in a separate realm than sex, a realm that was far more innocent, and far more erotic. — Galt Niederhoffer Betrayal Copy Share Image
She was not brokenhearted because the relationship had ended suddenly; she was brokenhearted because it had never truly ended. — Galt Niederhoffer Brokenhearted Copy Share Image
“Was it possible there was some fatal flaw in their matching, that they were ultimately, impossibly different--dissimilar enough to fall in love,… — Galt Niederhoffer Different Copy Share Image
It was understood that they shared the same thresholds--the same inexhaustible appetite for wasting time, for discussing lofty ideas, for dissecting trivial… — Galt Niederhoffer Appetite Copy Share Image
“Not to speak would have infused the moment with more meaning than it deserved.” — Galt Niederhoffer Time Copy Share Image
“But as always, the distance between them gave way to a need to be closer.” — Galt Niederhoffer Copy Share Image
If anything was, that the world will always--it can only--disappoint. — Galt Niederhoffer Disappoint Copy Share Image
“Time passed at an accelerated pace. They could be sitting in traffic or talking on the phone or waiting in line for… — Galt Niederhoffer Accelerated Copy Share Image
