“A certain kind of shittiness, a certain kind of stagnation, a certain kind of darkness, goes on propagating itself by its own power in its own self-contained cycle. And once it passes a certain point, no one can stop it-even if the person himself wants to stop it.”
“But after a certain point in a marriage, you stopped having a certain kind of fight, Olive thought, because when the years behind you were more than the years in front of you, things were different.”
“It's a kind of arrogance to be so certain you're past redemption.”
“He certainly seemed to have all the qualities of a gentleman, but the interesting kind who knows exactly when to stop behaving like one.”
“I kind of like it up here, Kugel said. It's got a certain fatalistic charm, a certain je ne sais fucked.”
“My own experience is that a certain kind of genius among students is best brought out in bed.”