I am reading this book over again to harvest phrases and sentences that I found intriguing.
Here it is from The Rug Merchant by Meg Mullins:
"...they must have things on their minds. About their lives. Like all of us do, all the time. Just because you're working - even if your job is on the tarmac- doesn't mean you forget the rest of your life." Stella (pg 44)
"I like sad stories."
"Oh, no. You should change your taste. It is not good to have a thirst for sadness. ... You are young."
"Not cool. I don't like condescension. If you're going to lecture me ... at least be original."
"Sometimes the truth is not original at all ... I only meant that often it is true of youth that you do not think you will ever have you own sadness. But you will. This is without a doubt. And then you will regret that you ever enjoyed the sadness of others."
(pg 47)
It is as if she is not yet distrustful of others' pain. She is not yet afraid that her proximity to Ushman's misfortunes may burden her with some responsibility to him. This innocence is why, perhaps, Ushman has told her, in the middle of a crowded airport, what he has told no other American since he has come here. (pg 51)
Ushman has never felt that he understood when in life he should give up gracefully and when he should fight to the end. Tonight he decides that giving up is what he knows how best to do. (pg 64)
Like so many couples, they have carelessly shrugged their relationship from its bright newness into the territory of neglect. (pg 224)
He believes, in the moment of his joy, that this will protect him from ever feeling pain again. (pg 230)
"This is not love. Do not let the desire you feel now become an expectation of love. It would be a terrible thing. Forget these feelings. SOmeday you could be standing next to love, and if it does not feel like this, you will not recognize it. You will be disappointed . But love is not desire. Love is sacrifice. It is mathematical, not chemical." (pg 257)
