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Me Quotes by Gary Shteyngart
- I love librarians more than any other people in the world. When I was an immigrant kid, they’ve made me feel like a human being…
- My mother cranes her neck. Her ability to be fascinated by things is her best gift to me.
- My parents were kind enough to spend hours talking to me.
- I was a jackass in many ways. I projected that cruelty towards others, that kid whose hand I was wringing. If I could have hurt…
- She took my hand and pulled me after her, her shoulders giving off a sweet peppermint concoction that the bodies of young women sometimes produce…
- ... I'm the fortieth-ugliest man in this bar. But so what! So what! What if someday she lets me kiss each one of her freckles…
- I wish I were stronger and more secure in myself so that I could really spend my life with a guy like Lenny. Because he…
- In contravention of my belief that any life ending in death is essentially pointless, I needed my friends to open up that plastic bag and…
- Then I celebrated my Wall of Books. I counted the volumes on my twenty-foot-long modernist bookshelf to make sure none had been misplaced or used…
- I like the map feature on the iPhone that tells me where I am, because I travel a lot.
- Good fiction makes me turn off all the other parts of my brain, so that I become quiet and submissive, entirely at the mercy of…
More Me Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale