"My plan was to never get married. I was going to be an art monster instead. Women almost never become art monsters because art monsters only concern themselves with art, never mundane things. Nabokov didn't even fold his own umbrella. Vera licked his stamps for him."

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Source : Jenny Offill (2014). “Dept. of Speculation”, p.11, Vintage

Jenny Offill

#Art Quotes #Monsters Quotes #Married Quotes

“In a scene [where the improvisers must interact] without the letter S, the audience is waiting for you to lose - so they can laugh at you. Don't try to win.”
“People talk about the pain of grief, but I don't know what they mean. To me, grief is a devastating numbness, every sensation dulled.”
“That,' he said, with almost religious fever, 'was the coolest thing you have ever done. In fact, that may have been the coolest thing you ever will do. Your entire existence has been moving toward one shining moment, George, and that was the moment when you thought, 'Hey, why don't I just go over the zombies?”
“No God without a world, and no world without God.”
“Your past does not determine who you are. Your past prepares you for who you are to become.”
“Night is real. Night is not an absence of light, but in fact, it is daytime that is a brief respite from the looming darknessâ€¦”
“My name's Jean Tannen, and I'm the ambush.”

Source : Scott Lynch (2006). “The Lies of Locke Lamora”, p.291, Spectra
“I think you just have to work hard for about 10 years before you know what youâ€™re doing”

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