“It’s pretty hard not to like her,” he says. “Even when you know you shouldn’t.” — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
We have fun acting like this, acting like we are incredibly offended. Really, we are just bored to tears with everything. — Joe Meno Acting Copy Share Image
The most important things in your life are almost always impossible to predict. — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
“Madeline decides Jonathan is an immature, selfish asshole and that she is never talking to him again.” — Joe Meno 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
“For years, Thisbe will later think of that one moment in the field as the only time she was ever sure about… — Joe Meno Heart Copy Share Image
Being decent is the only thing that matters in a terrible world like this. — Joe Meno 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 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
“As a boy, all I ever wanted was this: a life dedicated to art; every idea, every breath an artistic gesture. And… — Joe Meno Art Copy Share Image
“I figured Alan wasn’t really Alan anymore, that maybe the meds or the disease had made him someone else, someone more timid,… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
[Sex] is really awkward. You know you have expectations and then it's this great moment of connection and it's a surprise. But… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
“But why? Why did you do the evil things you did?' Billy asks suddenly. 'Ah, because I could not imagine consequences,' the… — Joe Meno Evil Copy Share Image
“I told you why. If I don’t do it now, I never will. I’ll just be some office drone ten years from… — Joe Meno Life Copy Share Image
Maybe that's why people have friends at all. Not because they like them so much but because they don't make them feel… — Joe Meno 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
“Kristin nods, marching ahead of Clark, who gazes as the impossible smallness of Kristin’s ankles and feet. Years later, while imprisoned for… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
After school the very next day, El Rey's mobile home was gone. I laid in bed and wondered what happens to people… — Joe Meno After school Copy Share Image
“You scan the cheering bleachers for the strange boy’s face: handsome, reserved, with the eye patch, a little dramatic, a little scary.… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
Above the dirt of an unmarked grave and beneath the shadow of the abandoned refinery, the children would play their own made… — Joe Meno 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 Copy Share Image
The boy detective thinks, The only thing all men have in common with one another is their inherent capacity to make mistakes.… — Joe Meno Boys Copy Share Image
Sacrifice doesn't really exist on a national level anymore and that's a pretty new thing - most people aren't engaged nationally in… — Joe Meno Country Copy Share Image
I was getting close to thirty and was trying on the idea of becoming more mature. I was reading more. I had… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
“I’ve been thinking a lot and it’s not that anyone did anything wrong. We just didn’t know what we wanted. We weren’t… — Joe Meno Thinking Copy Share Image
“You are saying, I would like to but I could never forgive you or myself. I am saying, if you let me… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
“And he says, “I’m trying to figure out what’s wrong with me. And I think I realized that I’m average, that there’s… — Joe Meno 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 Copy Share Image
“Jack: Well, I've never been to New York, but I hear it's for assholes. Odile: It's not. Jack: Well, that's what I… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
“Go to a goddamn priest if you wanna be lied to. I've seen too many of your kind slip back inside to… — Joe Meno 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 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
Do not be confused by what the natural world knows: We are all, in our own way, completely and totally alone. If… — Joe Meno 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
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 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
In our town there is a secret spot where you can still see the stars at night, believe it or not. It… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
It is the strain of walking around the world-down the street, riding city buses and elevators, moving from place to place to… — Joe Meno Around the world 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
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