“Lemties neįmanoma įžvelgti, nebent jei sapnuoji ar esi apsvaigęs iš meilės.”
― John Irving, quote from The Fourth Hand
“Aren’t eccentricities fairly common among overachievers.”
― John Irving, quote from The Fourth Hand
“As for Dr. Zajac’s modest contribution to the ongoing pollution of the Charles River… well, let’s be fair… In his hopelessly old-fashioned opinion, a lot worse than dogshit was dumped into the Charles on daily basis.”
― John Irving, quote from The Fourth Hand
“And feeling like a failed sexual predator, because of pregnant Mary…”
― John Irving, quote from The Fourth Hand
“Americans are suckers for an English accent.”
― John Irving, quote from The Fourth Hand
“When they weren’t praying, they did what schoolgirls everywhere do. They laughed, they shrieked, they burst into hysterical sobs – all for no apparent reason…
The schoolgirls also played the worst Western music imaginable, and they took a surfeit of baths – so many baths that the traditional inn where Wallingford and Evelyn Arbuthnot stayed was repeatedly running out of hot water.”
― John Irving, quote from The Fourth Hand
“There is often a defining experience that marks any significant change in the course of a person’s life.”
― John Irving, quote from The Fourth Hand
“Was he nice? He didn’t know. He hoped he was, but how many of us truly know?”
― John Irving, quote from The Fourth Hand
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“Ve yine can sıkıntısı bastırıyor; can sıkıntısının, ozanın ve öğretmenin baskısı altında gerçeklik ağırdan ağıra bir ülkü dünyasına dönüyor ki ver artık hayali, verdikçe ver – ve artık neyin hakiki, neyin genel anlamda hiç var olmadığını, gerçeğin nerede, kuruntunun nerede olduğunu, ne hissedildiğini, neyin hissedilmediğini, doğallık nerede, yapmacılık nerede kimse bilmiyor; olması gerekeni oynuyor, kaçınılmaz olanla karışıyor ve biri diğerini saf dışı bırakıyor, biri diğerinin her türlü varoluş hakkını elinden alıyor oy, gerçek dışılığın büyük okulu oy! Dolayısıyla ben de tastamam beş saat boyunca kendi ülkümü hayal edip durdum; boşlukta suratım bir balon gibi büyüdü, hiç engelle karşılaşmadan – çünkü kurgusal dünyada, gerçekdışı dünyada onu normale döndürecek hiçbir şey yoktu.”
― Witold Gombrowicz, quote from Ferdydurke
“People don't want reasons to do what they'd like to. They want excuses.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, quote from Theatre
“Raphael, tell him you won’t do anything to him if I get ‘damaged.’ ”
“That would be a lie, Elena. I would tear out his throat.”
― Nalini Singh, quote from Archangel's Consort
“You took your clothes off?"
"You didn't notice?"
"No! Jeez Louise, I don't even know you."
"If you look under the covers, you'll know me better."
"I don't want to know you better!"
"That's a big fib," Diesel said.”
― Janet Evanovich, quote from Wicked Appetite
“You take advantage. He don’t stay at birthday party like good boy. He come to you for nicky nacky. You slut. I fix you so he see. I give you vordo.” She waved her hand at me, she slapped her ass, and she wheeled around and left the coffee shop.”
― Janet Evanovich, quote from Smokin' Seventeen
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