“Y'ever notice how you never seem to get laid on Thanksgiving? I think it's because all the coats are on the bed.”

“I've been struggling for years to get a fur coat. How did you get yours?"
"I left off struggling.”

“If you think you are enlightened; go home for Thanksgiving.”

“That HBO student has some good ideas, but he doesn't seem reliable. I think what he needs is to get laid to become a man.”

“And bed, he thought. Bed is my friend. Just bed, he thought. Bed will be a great thing. It is easy when you are beaten, he thought. I never knew how easy it was. And what beat you, the thought.”

“Once they notice you, Jason realized, they never completely close the file. You can never get back your anonymity. It is vital not to be noticed in the first place.”

“What? You don't think he's cute?"
"I didn't really notice."
"How can you not notice when a guy is cute?" Melody stared at her in disbelief.”

“I don't think I should be getting more attention from mainstream book reviewers. I've never written any mainstream books, and I'm always surprised when the mainstreamers notice me at all.”

“They get up early, because they have so much to do, and go to bed early, because they have so little to think about.”

“Coats of bouclé, jacquard and cashmere;
cartouche and tweed, all silver shot —
and everything that could remind you
of how easy I was not.”