You can't be deep without a surface.
Jonathan Lethem in Du liebst mich, du liebst mich nicht'I want what we all want,' said Carl. 'To move certain parts of the interior of myself into the exterior world, to see if they can be embraced.'
Jonathan Lethem in Du liebst mich, du liebst mich nichtListen to me. I’m shy. I’m not stupid. I can’t meet people’s eyes. I don’t know if you understand what that’s like. There’s a whole world going on around me, I’m aware of that. It’s not because I don’t want to look at you, Lucinda. It’s that I don’t want to be seen.
Jonathan Lethem in Du liebst mich, du liebst mich nichtTo the resentment that hides inside love, to the loneliness that hides among companions.
Jonathan Lethem in Du liebst mich, du liebst mich nichtSomeday I'd change my name to Shut Up and save everybody a lot of time.
Jonathan Lethem in Motherless BrooklynConsensual reality is both fragile and elastic, and it heals like the skin of a bubble.
Jonathan Lethem in Motherless BrooklynEnough of this. Does every conversation with you have to be the director's cut?
Jonathan Lethem in Motherless BrooklynHow strange it began to seem that cars have bodies that never are supposed to touch, a disaster if they do.
Jonathan Lethem in Motherless BrooklynThere is nothing Tourettic about the New York City subways.
Jonathan Lethem in Motherless BrooklynI'm always serious. That's the tragedy of my life.
Jonathan Lethem in Motherless BrooklynWaves, sky, trees, Essrog - I was off the page now, away from the grammar of skyscrapers and pavement.
Jonathan Lethem in Motherless BrooklynPrince's music calmed me as much as masturbation or a cheeseburger.
Jonathan Lethem in Motherless BrooklynThe wind was picking up off the ocean now and the whole coastal scene had a bleak, abandoned look, as though Maine in November really belonged to the ragged gulls who wheeled over the sun.
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