“Just because you have blue hair and fucked-up clothes doesn’t mean you’re better than everyone else. Because you know what? You’re just… — Joe Meno Blue hair Copy Share Image
“He wants to say: First of all, you were wrong about pop music. And art and all of pop culture. And all… — Joe Meno Art Copy Share Image
A book is actually a place, a place where we, as adults, still have the chance to engage in active imagining, translating… — Joe Meno Active Copy Share Image
I don't like the fact that no one has any imagination anymore. It doesn't pay to be a dreamer because all they… — Joe Meno America Copy Share Image
In our town there is a secret spot where you can still see the stars at night, believe it or not. It… — Joe Meno Believe Copy Share Image
“I was a shy kid and I was afraid what i said sounded stupid, so I hardly ever saud anything. I was… — Joe Meno Silence Copy Share Image
“I did a bad thing tonight, one of the most terrible things ever: I waited for her to fall asleep, then stole… — Joe Meno Bad thing Copy Share Image
“The last four days where everything has finally made some sense. And why is she so ready to throw this away? Because.… — Joe Meno Leave People Copy Share Image
I'm kind of interested in learning to learn and grow and challenge myself. I think I've been very fortunate in that my… — Joe Meno Book Copy Share Image
The longer human beings exist, it seems, the less likely we are to choose to be brave. — Joe Meno Be brave Copy Share Image
“Maybe. Because he’s got to try. Because she is too interesting, too beautiful not to even do anything.” — Joe Meno Interesting Copy Share Image
Sex scenes in books are always like first person, from this male perspective and just about how awesome he is. It feels… — Joe Meno Book Copy Share Image
When she cries, it is quiet, tearless, almost completely imperceptible: one more unheard prayer. — Joe Meno Cry Copy Share Image
And it's exactly what's wrong with the radio. It's like...anything that tries to appeal to everybody always ends up sounding so cheap. — Joe Meno Appeals Copy Share Image
“As the liquid paper’s fumes quell his brain activity, Jack finds himself staring at her again and what he thinks is this:… — Joe Meno Staring Copy Share Image
“Madeline decides Jonathan is an immature, selfish asshole and that she is never talking to him again.” — Joe Meno Immature Selfish Copy Share Image
Maybe it was better to just go on believing everything was OK, even when really bad things were just about to happen. — Joe Meno Bad thing Copy Share Image
Where do you go when you die? Ha ha. Go on, go on and tell her, Billy." Billy smiles. "You become a… — Joe Meno Alright Copy Share Image
“Perhaps Effie Mumford was only trying to prove something she already knew: that, like all animals, she was at the whim of… — Joe Meno Heart Copy Share Image
It is what we see when we imagine what the afterlife must be like: our happiest triumphs, our most sincere moments, stolen… — Joe Meno Afterlife Copy Share Image
“C. On that cloudless Saturday morning, Madeline wakes up and sees Jonathan lying beside her, then decides that she’s probably going to… — Joe Meno Saturday morning Copy Share Image
“The only thing all men have in common with one another is their inherent capacity to make mistakes. But there is wonder… — Joe Meno Attempt Copy Share Image
“It will happen soon. Someday you will find yourself surrounded by people with the exact same interests as you, and you will… — Joe Meno College Copy Share Image
Beneath all of her thoughts and worries, beneath the complication of conflicting identities and needs, maybe it's as simple as loving the… — Joe Meno Complication Copy Share Image
“Maybe, he thinks, as he’s riding on through the snow, maybe this is why she’s leaving. Maybe she fell in love with… — Joe Meno Love Copy Share Image
I always feel super uncomfortable when it's like ah, there probably has to be a sex scene. I feel really bad and… — Joe Meno Apologizing Copy Share Image
“We did something very simple," Effie says. "Yes, and what was that?" Effie Mumford stares off the porch into the night sky.… — Joe Meno Night sky Copy Share Image
In novels you're able to occupy character's internal thoughts and it's really hard to do in a film or a TV show.… — Joe Meno Able Copy Share Image
Potluck Supper with Meeting to Follow is a marvel, deftly examining the connections between art and everyday life. Andy Sturdevant's lively, unique… — Joe Meno Art Copy Share Image
“Listen, I’m going to give you some advice, not because I think you need it, but because I feel like I’ve earned… — Joe Meno Advice Copy Share Image
The more I write, the more I've come to realize that books have a different place in our society than other media.… — Joe Meno Blueprints Copy Share Image
“...and realizes how there are all these moments, moments like just this one, there are all these moments, and how everyone lives… — Joe Meno Memories Copy Share Image
“It is no parlor trick: There is a skull and, in the dark, it is glowing. Somehow it is now floating above… — Joe Meno Skull Copy Share Image
“His face almost looked the way it did when he was a teenager, when there was the subtle expression of both confidence… — Joe Meno Confidence Copy Share Image
“An apple could make you laugh: You are so charming. On our lunch, we find our way along the crowded boulevard. You… — Joe Meno Love Apples Copy Share Image
“Attention, God the Judge, God the Father, who Art in Heaven, give me one miracle, please. If You exist as I know… — Joe Meno Art Copy Share Image
“Apples are kissing other apples. Gray cats are kissing other gray cats. Trees are kissing trees. You and I are not kissing.… — Joe Meno Good and bad Copy Share Image
