Quote by Jonas Jonasson

“Allan decided he needed a little recreation. Something light hearted and non-committal. A quickie.”

— Christa Faust

“The girl’s name was Desiree, or that’s what she said it was anyway. Allan honestly could not have cared less.”

— Christa Faust

“Sometimes, good intentions couldn't do a thing except make you feel less alone, and sometimes that was enough.”

— Riley Redgate

“I liked him; not because he was a good sort, as he later proved to be, but because he was enthusiastic about things.”

— Jack Kerouac

“He had a certain almost obsequious charm. He liked talking about himself, and did not ask many questions of her. She noticed the imbalance…

— Lydia Davis

“We had taken to living out of step. I resented his gaiety now that I had become low-spirited.”

— Simone de Beauvoir

“And those who were awake and walking the streets were a fascinating blend of the wild, the lost, and the forgotten. Very few of…

— Christa Faust

“But a trick of the voice and the general body language was enough that I had a visceral desire to simply avoid him.”

— Neal Stephenson

“There are few things more discomfiting than a spontaneous outburst of genuine decency from someone you’re determined to dislike for no good reason.”

— Gregory David Roberts

“The fact that I had such vivid impressions and expectations at all is the reason I got there in the first place.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

“I would always think the worst of people and it would keep me from them because I couldn't accept myself.”

— Mary Miller

“I was thinking how most people don't make you feel much of anything at all. Don't make you feel like time spent with them…

— Jane Lotter