Quote by Michael Chabon Download Open image ““I thought you seemed like someone who might enjoy backgammon," said the kid, gravely mistaken.”” — Michael Chabon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“I think you enjoy messing with people." "That's a purely hypothetical supposition on your part," the bastard says.” — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
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“you like babies, don't you? he asked... I have a marginally higher opinion of them than Herod, she said.” — Jill McGown Copy Share Image
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“Monogamy is like croquet: you get the hang of it, eventually, but it’s never fun to play.” — W. Nogueira Cury Copy Share Image
“Monogamy,” he stated flatly. “While you’re with me, I’m the only one. Anybody else touches you and I’ll kill them.” “What if I accidently… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
“That was other thing I hated about kids; they always said the exact things that deep down you already knew, would never admit, and… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
“In my mind, I still think of him as being a cheater. Otherwise he just met some girl he liked better, and it's not… — Lauren Barnholdt Copy Share Image
“I was also domineering, impatient, relentlessly verbal, and, as an only child, often baffled by the mores of other kids. I was not a… — Ariel Levy Copy Share Image
Entertainment is a sacred pursuit when done well. When done well, it raises the quality of human life. — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“Anyway, it's a pretty good story," I said. "You have to admit." "Yeah?" He crumpled up the Kleenex, having dispatched the solitary tear. "You… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
There were so many Pittsburgh poets in my hallway that if, at that instant, a meteorite had come smashing through my roof, there would… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“Badass.'" My grandfather sampled the flavor of the word. It did not seem to revolt him, but it was nothing he needed ever to… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
See you in the funny papers," he said. Jaunty, he reminded himself; always jaunty. In my panache is their hope for salvation. — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“I didn't want to be left alone with Timothy, not because I was afraid of him but because I was afraid that somebody would… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“He had already seized this particular day once, but he was prepared, if need be, to go ahead and seize the motherfucker all over… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“We figure he must have let him out. The perpetrator, I mean. He's blind and we figure he just wandered off and maybe got… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“Then I reminded myself that I was always willing to listen to arguments in favor of avoiding an unpleasant chore, and I shook my… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“Love great first lines and paragraphs. From The Yiddish Policemen's Union: Nine months Landsman's been flopping at the Hotel Zamenhof without any of his… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“Life blew in gusts from the hole in the side of the elephant with a rank smell and a comic flatulence.” — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Not only would I never want to belong to any club that would have me for a member--if elected I would wear street shoes… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image