“That’s going to be your trouble — judgment about yourself.(Tender is the Night)”
“Lying to other people isn’t hard. It’s lyingto yourself that’s the trouble.”
“Nothing looks more lovely than something that’s about to end, and that’s true even if you yourself are going to be the cause of its ending.”
“To rest was to receive all aspects of the world without judgment. A bath in the sea, a fuck with a soldier who never knew your name. Tenderness toward the unknown and anonymous, which was tenderness to the self.”
“That’s the trouble with being scared all the time. Eventually, people just go numb.”
“How do you feel about going on a date with me? I'm abroad for another two weeks; you've got plenty of time to prepare yourself. It will be the best night of your life, of course.”