"Everything becomes symbol and irony when you've been……" — Jay McInerney
"Everything becomes symbol and irony when you've been betrayed"
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52 Quotes by Jay McInerney
Jay McInerney has 52 quotes on this site.
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Delia's arms were inscribed with a grid of self- inflicted wounds, an intricate text of self-loathing
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I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can…
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He insisted on a single trade secret: that you had to survive, find some quiet, and work hard every day.
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You have friends who actually care about you and speak the language of the inner self. You have avoided them…
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You keep thinking that with practice you will eventually get the knack of enjoying superficial encounters, that you will stop…
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Your presence here is is only a matter of conducting an experiment in limits, reminding yourself of what you aren’t.
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There is a shabby nobility in failing all by yourself.
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If it's red, French, costs too much, and tastes like the water that's left in the vase after the flowers…
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A modest critique of an age in which an actor is the President, in which fashion models are asked for…
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Tim Thornton's portrait of a pop culture obsession is so convincing that one can't help wishing that his fictional alt…
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A creative writing program is only as good as its teachers, and I was fortunate in having two great writers…
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There aren't many shy writers left.
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Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
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Apart from the fact that your physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their fifties being childlike…
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Money's important. Everyone cares about money. And when you don't have money, money becomes the overriding obsession of your life.
— Paul Auster
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When the soul, through its own fault... becomes rooted in a pool of pitch-black, evil smelling water, it produces nothing…
— Teresa of Avila
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I came to the conclusion months ago, and I said it to members of Congress, that the only way people…
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A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise…
— Sai Baba
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At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.
— Charles Babbage
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In turning from the smaller instruments in frequent use to the larger and more important machines, the economy arising from…
— Charles Babbage
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There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for…
— Charles Babbage
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In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges…
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