“Darryl Zanuck thought all women were either broads or librarians. He thought I was a librarian. He thought I was smart.”

“He wasn't what I'd thought he was; maybe he never had been. I wasn't what I'd thought I was, either.”

“He's clever,' thought Ivan,' I must admit there are some smart people even among the intelligentsia”

“I thought research would be more glamorous, somehow. I'd give the librarian a secret code word and he'd give me the one book I needed and whisper the necessary page numbers. Like a speakeasy. With books.”

“I thought you and he were hand-in-glove.”

“"I saw you take his kiss!" "'Tis true."
"O, modesty!" "'Twas strictly kept:
He thought me asleep; at least, I knew
He thought I thought he thought I slept."”

“When all's said and done, I wish them well. I wasn't just the one that ranted a bit in interviews and thought he was great. I thought the group were great.”

“I will love you forever, he thought. I am lying, he thought, and this time he was right.”

“As Estha stirred the thick jam he thought Two Thoughts and the Two Thoughts he thought were these:
a) Anything can happen to anyone.
and
b) It is best to be prepared.”

“He looked like the love thoughts of women.”