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In the Bag QUOTES

In the Bag QUOTES

1 " I walked down Paseo del Prado, losing myself to the sights, sounds, and dense magic of the city. There's something weirdly calming about being alone in a big city. It made me feel like the universe was hugely generous, and that my species was so damn smart to have constructed such a beautiful city. "

― Kate Klise , In the Bag

2 " Uh, puedo hablar con Andrew Nelson, por favor?" I asked, feeling like an idiot.

"Quien?"

"El americano," I explained. "Muy grande americano."

In trying to describe my father, I sounded like I was ordering coffee. But it worked. "

― Kate Klise , In the Bag

3 " For the next thirteen-plus hours, I stared out the window at the passing towns and countryside. All those lives. All those untold stories and private dramas. There was something so beautiful and sad about it. I felt weirdly emotional, like I was running away from home, but also running to a new home. "

― Kate Klise , In the Bag

4 " Because that’s what art is; that’s what it does. It breaks your heart. It moves you. If it doesn’t do that, forget it. It’s not worth it. "

― Kate Klise , In the Bag

5 " What do people want? Well, you really can’t talk about wants until you talk about needs. "

― Kate Klise , In the Bag

6 " In his homilies, this old Jesuit always talked about desire, and how we were connected by our desires. He said the most basic human desire was the desire to be desired by one you desire. "

― Kate Klise , In the Bag

7 " Is that what I wanted? To be in the middle of something complicated and dramatic? To be a cheerleader for someone else’s romance? Or to have a romance of my own? "

― Kate Klise , In the Bag

8 " Art has to ask questions and make you care. Nothing I saw elicited even the slightest emotional response. But maybe that was the point. Maybe love was impossible in the postdigital age. Maybe passion was passé. "

― Kate Klise , In the Bag

9 " I’m pretty good at walking away from things—probably too good, in fact. "

― Kate Klise , In the Bag

10 " You don’t have to know what you want to be. That comes later. But I want you to know what you want to be. That comes later. But I want you to want more than just having a job and muddling through life. I want you to find a passion you believe in strongly enough to risk humiliation and rejection. "

― Kate Klise , In the Bag

11 " I know I should try harder to make her feel necessary in my life. It totally freaked her when I said I didn’t need her anymore. But isn’t that the whole point of growing up? A healthy bird can fly the nest? Roots and wings and all that Hallmarky crap? "

― Kate Klise , In the Bag

12 " What’s wrong with just talking? Isn’t that why bars were invented? So you could talk to somebody over a drink—as opposed to sitting at home alone getting sloshed? "

― Kate Klise , In the Bag

13 " And you know, that’s another reason I named her Coco. Because to me, chocolate is about indulging in things that give you pleasure. And what’s the point of life if you can’t find joy? "

― Kate Klise , In the Bag

14 " I think romance is harder in the digital or postdigital age or whatever we’re supposed to call it. Love is harder. "

― Kate Klise , In the Bag

15 " Can I tell you what I want? I want to stop wanting things I can’t have. I want to stop falling for jerks I don’t need. And I want to stop feeling like an f/ing gooey butter cake somebody left out in the rain. "

― Kate Klise , In the Bag

16 " Inilah nerakanya menjadi orangtua-melihat seluruh sifat terburukmu dalam diri orang lain. Lalu ada lagi frustasi karena tidak bisa mengubah sifat-sifat itu pada diri anakmu, sebagaimana kau tidak mampu mengubahnya dalam dirimu sendiri. "

― Kate Klise , In the Bag

17 " And you know, the crazy thing about love," I went on, "is that you can tell the other person anything in the world, and they’ll love you. No matter what. "

― Kate Klise , In the Bag

18 " Kukira yang paling kusukai dari dirinya adalah bahwa dia membuat kesederhanaan jadi indah. Kedengarannya mudah, tapi hal besar pada saat itu. Sekarang juga masih. Berapa kali kau berada di restoran yang seharusnya bagus tapi kau bahkan tidak bisa merasakan makanannya karena terselubung dalam... inovasi? "

― Kate Klise , In the Bag