The Pleasure of My Company
Steve Martin
Top 10 Best Quotes
“I understood that as much as I had resisted the outside, as much as I had constricted my life, as much as I had closed and narrowed the channels into me, there were still many takers for the quiet heart.”
“Or is it that I think too much?”
“There are few takers for the quiet heart.”
“With a cheery delicacy she divided my obsessions into three categories: acceptable, unacceptable, and hilarious.”
“Anyway, seeking work is a tad difficult given the poor design of the streets with their prohibitive curbs and driveways that don't quite line up.”
“If you saw her in these moments, you might think she was collecting her thoughts in order to go forward. But I see it another way: Her mind is being overwhelmed by two processes that must simultaneously proceed at full steam. One is to deal with and live in the present world. The other is to re-experience and mourn something that happened long ago. It is as though her lightness pulls her toward heaven, but the extra gravity around her keeps her earthbound.”
“She had destroyed whatever was between us by making a profound gaffe: She met me.”
“She looked down again and I was stymied. I sat. Oh, this was enough to make me love her, because I was right with her, understanding every second and longing to step in. I didn’t even need to know the specific that was troubling her, because to me her halting voice easily stood for the general woe that hangs in the air, even on life’s happiest days.”
“She didn't even finish her last sentence; it just trailed off. I think the subject had changed in her head while her mouth had continued on the old topic, not realizing it was out of supplies.”
“Thinking too much also creates the illusion of causal connections between unrelated events.”
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Book Keywords:
humor, experiences, love, life-and-living
