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Just a few weeks before, no detail of my life had been big enough to merit my attention. — Amor Towles

the Count bounced twice on his new mattress to identify the key of the bedsprings (G-sharp), — Amor Towles

Vyshinsky: And your occupation? — Amor Towles

I assure you, my dear, were you to play the piano on the moon, I would hear every chord. — Amor Towles

You could just tell that if Rosie couldn't romance her way to the top of the Empire State Building, she was prepared to climb it like King Kong. — Amor Towles

There are no more sympathetic souls than strangers. So, — Amor Towles

Katey's the hottest bookworm you'll ever meet. If you took all the books that she's read and piled them in a stack, you could climb to the Milky Way. — Amor Towles

on a map: There it — Amor Towles

But experience is less likely to teach us how to bid our dearest possessions adieu. And — Amor Towles

if a man does not master his circumstances then he is bound to be mastered by them. — Amor Towles

6th Sleep not when others Speak, Sit not when others stand, Speak not when you Should hold your Peace, walk not on when others Stop. 7th — Amor Towles

end of a page. "Surely, by now, — Amor Towles

Well, if getting to the bottom is what is called for, I am sure there is no man better for the job. — Amor Towles

He looked like a man who had gained confidence through exposure to a hostile environment; like one who no longer owed anything to anyone. — Amor Towles

the manner of Prince Tetrakov, was now touring the room, shaking — Amor Towles

But imagining what might happen if one's circumstances were different was the only sure route to madness. Sitting — Amor Towles

If only I were there and she were here," she sighed. And there, thought the Count, was a suitable plaint for all mankind. — Amor Towles

An act of generosity rarely ends a man's responsibilities toward another; it tends instead to begin them. — Amor Towles

Having acknowledged that a man must master his circumstances or otherwise be mastered by them, the — Amor Towles

For better or worse, there are few things so disarming as one who laughs well at her own expense. — Amor Towles

always was and would be a serious soul in search of serious ideas to be serious about. Nina — Amor Towles

What was your favorite day of the year? The summer solstice. June twenty-first. The longest day of the year. — Amor Towles

History has shown charm to be the final ambition of the leisure class. — Amor Towles

Really. Is there anything nice to be said about other people's vacations? — Amor Towles

Slurring is the cursive of speech... — Amor Towles

Stuart Davises he — Amor Towles

Here, indeed, was a formidable sentence--one that was on intimate terms with a comma, and that held the period in healthy disregard. — Amor Towles

From bells to cannons and back again, from now until the end of time. Such is the fate of iron ore. — Amor Towles

If patience wasn't so easily tested, then it would hardly be a virtue. . . . "Yes, — Amor Towles

That's how quickly New York City comes about - like a weather wane - or the head of a cobra. Time tells which. — Amor Towles

end of every question. — Amor Towles

As the sign over the cash register made clear, the three ways you could get your coffee at Chester's were sweetened, unsweetened, and somewhere else. — Amor Towles

To what end, he wondered, had the Divine created the stars in heaven to fill a man with feelings of inspiration one day and insignificance the next? — Amor Towles

If you could relive one year in your life, which one would it be? [ ... ] The upcoming one. — Amor Towles

the best-bred dogs belong in the surest hands. — Amor Towles

A king fortifies himself with a castle," observed the Count, "a gentleman with a desk." As — Amor Towles

It is of interest of times to change, Mr. Helecki. And it is the business of gentlemen to change with them. — Amor Towles

But Fate would not have the reputation it has if it simply did what it seemed it would do. — Amor Towles

For pomp is a tenacious force. And a wily one too. How — Amor Towles

The lights flickered. The bands laid down their instruments and the crowds made quiety for the door. — Amor Towles

For as it turns out, one can revisit the past quite pleasantly, as long as one does so expecting nearly every aspect of it to have changed. — Amor Towles

Here they resided, two worldviews separated only by Fifth Avenue, facing off until the end of time or the end of Manhattan, whichever came first. — Amor Towles

If we only fell in love with people who were perfect for us ... then there wouldn't be so much fuss about love in the first place. — Amor Towles

Well," replied the Count, rising from his chair, "if getting to the bottom is what is called for, I am sure there is no man better suited for the job. — Amor Towles

If a number's individual digits sum to a number that is divisible by three, then it too is divisible by three. — Amor Towles

In a state of self-pity, one may retreat from the world in which one has been blessed to live. — Amor Towles

And as she talked, the Count had to acknowledge once again the virtues of withholding judgment. — Amor Towles

FRONTA NULLA FIDES. Place no trust in appearances. — Amor Towles

It was a marriage of two minds, of two ... spirits tilting as gently and inescapably toward the future as paper whites tilt toward the sun. — Amor Towles

I told him I'd always found the description a little too long on adjectives and a little too short on specifics. — Amor Towles

The Count commenced to cough into his napkin, as he had determined long ago that this was the most effective means of removing wine from his windpipe. — Amor Towles

was ten and eleven — Amor Towles

I'm willing to be under anything, she said, as long as it isn't somebody's thumb. — Amor Towles

- Did Eve know? About you and Anne, I mean.
He shook his head wanly. The very definition of wanly. The apotheosis of wanly. — Amor Towles

I sutured split infinitives and hoisted dangling modifiers and wore out the seam of my best flannel skirt. — Amor Towles

But every period has its virtues, even a time of turmoil. . . . When — Amor Towles

That's the problem with living in New York. You've got no New York to run away to. — Amor Towles

Be careful when choosing what you're proud of
because the world has every intention of using it against you. — Amor Towles

I suppose Anne was right when she observed that at any given moment we're all seeking someone's forgiveness. — Amor Towles

One must be prepared to fight for one's simple pleasures and to defend them against elegance and erudition and all manner of glamorous enticements. — Amor Towles

Arriving late, thought the Count with a sigh. What a delicacy of youth. Then — Amor Towles

There are many reasons for ordering a particular bottle of wine. And memories of home are among the best." "Then — Amor Towles

- I probably shouldn't tell you this, I said.
- Kay-Kay, those are my six favorite words in the English language. — Amor Towles

Life is every bit as devious as Death. It too can wear a hooded coat. It too can slip into town, lurk in an alley, or wait in the back of a tavern. — Amor Towles

as we age, we are bound to find comfort from the notion that it takes generations for a way of life to fade. — Amor Towles

In fact, if Paris had not been seated next to Helen when he dined in the court of Menelaus, there never would have been a Trojan War." A — Amor Towles

It is a lovely oddity of human nature that a person is more inclined to interrupt two people in conversation than one person alone with a book. — Amor Towles

That's the problem with being born in New York, the old newsman observed a little sadly. You've got no New York to run away to. — Amor Towles

sometimes everybody tells you something because it is true." "sometimes," nina clarified, "everybody tells you something because they are everybody... — Amor Towles

Emily Post says that talking about oneself isn't very polite.' 'I'm sure Miss Post is perfectly correct, but that doesn't seem to stop the rest of us. — Amor Towles

Hollywood is the single most dangerous force in the history of class struggle." Or — Amor Towles

ennui - that dreaded mire of the human emotions. — Amor Towles

It is the business of the times to change, Mr. Halecki. And it is the business of gentlemen to change with them." The — Amor Towles

Returning to his quarters, he opened the window (though it was only the size of a postage stamp), — Amor Towles

She could have made a favourable impression on someone if she hadn't acted as though at any moment the city was going to step on her — Amor Towles

If only someone had told me about the confidence-boosting nature of guns, I'd have been shooting them all my life. — Amor Towles

that if a man does not master his circumstances then he is bound to be mastered by them. The — Amor Towles

The principle here is that a new generation owes a measure of thanks to every member of the previous generation. Our — Amor Towles

Learning dance steps was the sorry Saturday night pursuit of every boardinghouse girl in America — Amor Towles

How little imagination and courage we show in our hatreds. — Amor Towles

Old times, as my father used to say: If you're not careful, they'll gut you like a fish. — Amor Towles

- Bucky dear, his wife warned, you're slurring your words. - Slurring is the cursive of speech, I observed. — Amor Towles

the wise man celebrates what he can. — Amor Towles

coffee can energize the industrious at dawn, calm the reflective at noon, or raise the spirits of the beleagured in the middle of the night. "It's — Amor Towles

For when life makes it impossible for a man to pursue his dreams, he will connive to pursue them anyway. — Amor Towles

Dark, cold, and snowbound, Russia has the sort of climate in which the spirit of Christmas burns brightest. — Amor Towles

Stalin himself declared: Life has improved, comrades. Life is more joyous. . . . — Amor Towles

the only things that came from the practice were foolhardy acts, ill-advised liaisons, and gambling debts. — Amor Towles

By Diverse Means We Arrive at the Same End The — Amor Towles

The only difference between everybody and nobody is all the shoes. — Amor Towles

will-o'-the-wisp — Amor Towles

Does a banquet really need an asparagus server?" "Does an orchestra need a bassoon? — Amor Towles

But, Audrius, I have never taken the lift in my life! — Amor Towles

I found myself intent on keeping the memories of the year to myself.
[ ... ]
I didn't want to share them. Because I didn't want to dilute them — Amor Towles

The designs of men are notoriously subservient to happenstance, hesitation, and haste; but — Amor Towles

I'm willing to be under anything...as long as it isn't somebody's thumb. — Amor Towles

...but the tenure of friendships has never been governed by the passage of time. — Amor Towles