Darin Strauss quotes
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“Regret doesn't budge things; it seems crazy that the force of all that human want can't amend a moment, can't even stir a pebble.”
-- Darin StraussSource : Darin Strauss (2011). “Half a Life: A Memoir”, p.178, Random House
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“The cracks in old friendships are measured in awkward pauses.”
-- Darin StraussSource : Darin Strauss (2014). “More Than It Hurts You”, p.233, Atlantic Books Ltd
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“Love wasn't a thing you fell in, but rose to. It was what stopped you from falling.”
-- Darin StraussSource : Darin Strauss (2014). “More Than It Hurts You”, p.69, Atlantic Books Ltd
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“Diminish the influence of fate”
-- Darin StraussSource : Darin Strauss (2001). “Chang and Eng”, p.222, Penguin
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“By now, the camouflage had become my skin. My friends wouldn't want to know. Who would want to know? I certainly didn't want to know. All I wanted was to hold my assumptions to the light, and to watch them sparkle in their facets, as all sham gemstones do.”
-- Darin StraussSource : Darin Strauss (2011). “Half a Life: A Memoir”, p.101, Random House
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“A tragedy's first act is crowded with supporting players: witnesses crimping their faces, policemen scribbling in pads and making radio calls, EMS guys unfolding equipment, tubes and wheels.”
-- Darin StraussSource : Darin Strauss (2011). “Half a Life: A Memoir”, p.9, Random House
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“Everybody wants life to speak to them with special kindness. Every personal story begs to be steered toward reverie, toward some relief from unpleasant truths: That you are a self, that beyond anything else you want the best for that self. That, if it is to be you or someone else, you need it to be you, no matter what.”
-- Darin StraussSource : Darin Strauss (2011). “Half a Life: A Memoir”, p.57, Random House
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“I'd violated the primary rule of junior and senior high-- don't get people talking about you too much. This was wearing the brightest shirt on the playground. This was Mom giving you a kiss in the lobby.”
-- Darin StraussSource : Darin Strauss (2011). “Half a Life: A Memoir”, p.32, Random House
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“I think each family has a funhouse logic all its own, and in that distortion,in that delusion, all behavior can seem both perfectly normal and crazy.”
-- Darin StraussSource : Darin Strauss (2011). “Half a Life: A Memoir”, p.101, Random House
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“Things don't go away. They become you.”
-- Darin StraussSource : Darin Strauss (2011). “Half a Life: A Memoir”, p.186, Random House
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“I've come to see our central nervous system as a kind of vintage switchboard, all thick foam wires and old-fashioned plugs. The circuitry isn't properly equipped; after a surplus of emotional information the system overloads, the circuit breaks, the board runs dark. That's what shock is.”
-- Darin StraussSource : Darin Strauss (2011). “Half a Life: A Memoir”, p.14, Random House
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“Sin in the Second City is a masterful history lesson, a harrowing biography, and - best of all - a superfun read. The Everleigh story closely follows the turns of American history like a little sister. I can't recommend this book loudly enough.”
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