“I had never been with a woman for longer than a night, and they had always been whores. And while throughout each of these speedy encounters I tried to maintain a friendliness with the women, I knew in my heart it was false, and afterward always felt remote and caved in. I had in the last year or so given up whores entirely, thinking it best to go without rather than pantomime human closeness.” ThinkingYearsHumansHeartLastsNightGivenFeltMy HeartEncountersLast YearGiven UpProstitutionClosenessFriendlinessPantomime Book:The Sisters Brothers Source: The Sisters Brothers
“Your laughter is like cool water to me," I said. I felt my heart sob at these strange words, and it would not have been hard to summon tears: Strange. " "You are so serious all of a sudden," she told me. "I am not any one thing," I said. (137)” HeartHas BeensSaidHardFeltWaterOne ThingTearsStrangeSeriousMy HeartLaughterCool Water Author:Patrick deWitt
