Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies

Quotes

• “Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for t...”
• “As long as a man had the courage to reject what society told him to do, he could live life on his own terms. To what end...”
• “it's a rare day when she speaks in anything but platitudes--all those exhausted phrases and hand-me-down ideas that cram...”
• “The truth of the story lies in the details.”