Chicago Quote by Daniel Amory

“Should I have a doughnut or my disgusting cardboard?” asked Gwynn, as she drew up languidly before me at a study table in a…

— Daniel Amory

“One of the professors told me last week that he feels bad teaching with the way the economy is now. ‘What’s the point?’ he…

— Daniel Amory

“It was a generation growing in its disillusionment about the deepening recession and the backroom handshakes and greedy deals for private little pots of…

— Daniel Amory

“There have been times I have thought some dreams should never be dreamt, but I would hate a world where that was true.”

— Daniel Amory

“I remember when I was twenty-five,” he said. “No client comes to you when you’re twenty-five. It’s like when you are looking for a…

— Daniel Amory

“This is so funny,” said Ellen, noticing the seating arrangement. “Isn’t this funny? Tom, come sit next to Robin. Griffin, sit next to Laura.”…

— Daniel Amory

“The stars glittered in the sky and as the number of people at the party grew there were merging conversations and laughter and bodies…

— Daniel Amory

“Really, nobody was there?” I asked. “Well, nobody important,” he said, putting his glasses back on and blinking.”

— Daniel Amory

“Don’t you think most of those kids think too much about who got an A or a B when they were in law school…

— Daniel Amory

“Do you want to achieve something or do you just want to make money?” asked a nearby man in a white shirt to another…

— Daniel Amory

“Shortly before school started, I moved into a studio apartment on a quiet street near the bustle of the downtown in one of the…

— Daniel Amory

“You know, sometimes I think this is just not it,” he said, his glasses flashing from the early night’s light. He turned toward me…

— Daniel Amory