“What's agitating about solitude is the inner voice telling you that you should be mated to somebody, that solitude is a mistake. The inner voice doesn't care about who you find. It just keeps pestering you, tormenting you--if you happen to be me--with homecoming queens first, then girls next door, and finally anybody who might be pleased to see you now and then at the dinner table and in bed on occasion. You look up from reading the newspaper and realize that no one loves you, and no one burns for you.” IfsShouldFirstsLooksMightHappensCareGirlReadingNextVoiceRealizingMistakeDoorsLove YouSolitudeBedTablesDinnerNewspapersOccasionsQueensLook UpNow And ThenOne LoveInner VoiceHomecomingDinner TableHomecoming Queen Book:The feast of love Source: The feast of love
“As my mother once said to me, ‘They’re quite crazy, dear – men are. What you look for is one of them whose insanity is large enough, and calm and generous enough, to include you.” MenLooksSaidEnoughMotherCrazyCalmDearInsanityGenerous Book:The feast of love Source: The feast of love
“You know, there's something heartsick about parties like this. Look at us. We're all pretending to be smart, as if intelligence were the cure for our anguish.” IfsKnowsLooksPartySmartCuresPretendingAnguishBeing Smart Author:Charles Baxter
