Amber Dermont quotes

“I slept well that night because someone had been kind to me.”
-- Amber Dermont

#Night Quotes #Kind Quotes #Wells Quotes

“My scalp tingled like Christmas candy on a cold tongue.”
-- Amber Dermont

Source : Amber Dermont (2013). “The Starboard Sea”, p.53, Hachette UK

#Tongue Quotes #Cold Quotes #Candy Quotes

“Boredom is actually the most plentiful substance in the universe.”
-- Amber Dermont

Source : Amber Dermont (2012). “The Starboard Sea: A Novel”, p.63, Macmillan

#Boredom Quotes #Substance Quotes #Universe Quotes

“I used to believe having a good memory meant being able to remember everything in perfect detail. Now I believe having a good memory means being able to selectively forget. It's not what I'll remember, it's what I'll forget that matters.”
-- Amber Dermont

#Memories Quotes #Believe Quotes #Mean Quotes

“It's a silly thing, but I like to understand people through their obsessions.”
-- Amber Dermont

Source : Amber Dermont (2012). “The Starboard Sea: A Novel”, p.65, Macmillan

#Silly Quotes #People Quotes #Obsession Quotes

“Nobody ever forgets their first night in the bush. It's among the precious, meagre handful of life firsts that remain indelible.”

“I'm nothing you can catch now. I am black powder, I am singe, I am the bomb that bursts the night.”

Source : A.M. Homes (2012). “The End Of Alice”, p.149, Granta Books

“Music is what mathematics does on a Saturday night.”

“Last night I'd made love to a woman for the first and last time. It had been amazing and I had a memory that would shape the rest of my life.”

“I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.”

Source : Mindy Kaling (2011). “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)”, p.70, Three Rivers Press

“I know this because I understand now what love really feels like. The kind that consumes you. Love holds the power to break you. It holds the power to complete you.”

“The only way to write is well and how you do it is your own damn business.”

“Lies kill love, it's been said. Well, what about frankness, then.”

“A story is not only meaning, it's music as well.”

“The literati in their cellarsPerform semantic tarantellas.I wish I did it half as well as them.”

Source : Song: Princess Olivia