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Luminarium QUOTES

Luminarium QUOTES

1 " She avoids deep thought like an empty restaurant, not out of stupidity, but a canny resolve to be happy. "

― Alex Shakar , Luminarium

2 " He dozed off, into a dreamless oblivion, for what seemed like seconds but was in fact hours, and awoke hungover, the inner surface of his skull pulsing like a single, giant nerve being chewed by some ruminant animal. "

― Alex Shakar , Luminarium

3 " That's the problem with relationships," George was saying. "It's a contract. You agree to be some unchanging caricature of yourself. To act the same way all the time. Never to change. It's counter-evolutionary. How can anything new and good come into your life, if you're holding on to something that doesn't exist anymore? "

― Alex Shakar , Luminarium

4 " The only spot of comfort was the lingering impression of her fingertips through the fabric of his shirt, a reminder of the good side of having skin. He cultivated that square-inch patch, tilled and tended it into a full-body embrace. "

― Alex Shakar , Luminarium

5 " Fred put away the phone, finished off his bourbon, and resumed watching the couple suck on the combined mass of their two tongues. He wasn't as drunk as them. Or as young. Or as stupid. He envied them on every score. "

― Alex Shakar , Luminarium

6 " What good was a truth that could be perceived only through delusion? "

― Alex Shakar , Luminarium