You can't be deep without a surface.
Jonathan Lethem in You Don't Love Me Yet1
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'I want what we all want,' said Carl. 'To move certain parts of the interior of myself into the exterior world, to see if they can be embraced.'
Jonathan Lethem in You Don't Love Me Yet1
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Listen to me. I’m shy. I’m not stupid. I can’t meet people’s eyes. I don’t know if you understand what that’s like. There’s a whole world going on around me, I’m aware of that. It’s not because I don’t want to look at you, Lucinda. It’s that I don’t want to be seen.
Jonathan Lethem in You Don't Love Me Yet1
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To the resentment that hides inside love, to the loneliness that hides among companions.
Jonathan Lethem in You Don't Love Me Yet1
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