#me

In New York one lives in the moment rather more than Socrates advised, so that at a party or alone in your room it will always be difficult to guess at the long term worth of anything. ↗

— Harold Brodkey

#alone #always #anything #difficult #guess

Me, my literary reputation is mostly abroad, but I am anchored here in New York. I can't think of any other place I'd rather die than here. ↗

— Harold Brodkey

#am #anchored #any #die #here

No blame should attach to telling the truth. But it does, it does. ↗

— Anita Brookner

#blame #does #should #telling #telling the truth

The joys of friendship inert the heart and fizzy home bouncing jubilantly with laughter-buttered love. ↗

— Bradley Chicho

#friendship #heart #home #inert #joys

For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life - the lesson of your utter insignificance. ↗

— Joseph Brodsky

#insignificance #language #lesson #life #most

For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the metaphysical journey. ↗

— Joseph Brodsky

#contrary #departure #doctrine #journey #metaphysical

Fellow made me a $10 bet I couldn't quit, and I haven't had a drink since. At the time I needed the $10. ↗

— Foster Brooks

#drink #fellow #had #haven #i

Maybe a person's time would be as well spent raising food as raising money to buy food. ↗

— Frank A. Clark

#buy #maybe #money #person #raising

I worry that I can come off smarmy. I wonder if I was listening to myself if I'd want to kick my own ass. ↗

— Adam Brody

#come #i #i can #i wonder #kick

Well, I guess most people would only know me from The O.C. I did a few episodes of Gilmore Girls before that. I was also a client on a lot of lawyer shows. ↗

— Adam Brody

#before #client #did #episodes #few