“I get sad every time I hear a person say "I don't read." It's like saying "I don't learn," or "I don't laugh," or "I don't live.”
―
Alafair Burke
“Cursing's for the uncreative. They say "Frack! on Battlestar Galactica, and everyone still knows what it means.” ― Alafair Burke, Long Gone
“A word of advice: if the sex is a pain in the ass, you’re doing it wrong.” ― Alafair Burke, The Better Sister
“When he was gone, I blocked his number and then deleted it from my phone. When I say good-bye, I mean it.” ― Alafair Burke, The Ex
“I thought it was endearing when we first got together. By the end I wanted to stab him in the hand every time he dismissed my cursing as an uncreative vocabulary. I think being able to use one little four letter word to convey a hundred different thoughts is pretty fucking creative.” ― Alafair Burke, The Ex
“I despise hearing about other people’s problems, because I don’t like most people, especially people who would be described as normal.” ― Alafair Burke, The Ex
“No worries. When did that ridiculous sentence become an acceptable thing to say to another person?” ― Alafair Burke, If You Were Here
“You make the best decisions you can make in the time you have to make them, and you move on.” ― Alafair Burke, The Wife
“So much past inside my present. —Feist” ― Alafair Burke, If You Were Here
“In her experience, prefacing a statement with “To be honest” or “To tell you the truth” is a sure sign you’re telling someone else what to believe—such as what was “good” for her, in this instance.” ― Alafair Burke, Find Me
“Ethan groaned in embarrassment. “Oh my god, what was that? I sounded like a total chode.” It was his new favorite word for someone who was a jerk. I had to look it up in the Urban Dictionary.” ― Alafair Burke, The Better Sister
“But the testimony she gave before Judge Paul Bandon was not really the whole truth. It was a dry, concise recitation of the basic facts—and only the facts—of a callout 120 days earlier. Time: 11:30 p.m. Location: a penthouse apartment at a building called 212 at the corner of Lafayette and Kenmare. Nature of the callout: a report of shots fired, followed by the subsequent discovery of a bullet-ridden body in the bedroom. The dead man: Robert “Robo” Mancini, bodyguard to Manhattan real estate mogul Sam Sparks” ― Alafair Burke, 212
“condoms” ― Alafair Burke, The Ex
“A un certo punto avevano attaccato con una cover di Anything Anything dei Dramarama, e noi eravamo corsi a ballare sotto il palco, mentre il cantante strillava e si dimenava. […] E poi, quando era arrivato il ritornello finale, il cantante aveva continuato a ripetere senza sosta il verso finale: Just marry me, marry me, marry meeeee.All'improvviso si erano accese le luci, il cantante si era zittito e Jack si era inginocchiato davanti a me.” ― Alafair Burke, The Ex
“Il était venu au commissariat de son plein gré. Il n'avait pas appelé d'avocat. Il avait accepté un test de résidu de tir. Et il utilisait le même mot de passe pour tous ses comptes. Jack était décidément toujours aussi naïf.” ― Alafair Burke, The Ex
“- Vous avez déjà entendu dire que rester assis était le plus court chemin vers la mort? m'a-t-il lancé entre deux halètements. Je mange comme un oisillon - des légumes, du poisson bouilli, du putain de quinoa - mais je reste assis toute la journée. Un gros lard qui engouffrait une barre au sirop d'érable m'a dépassé en courant jusqu'au quatrième étage. Une barre de sirop d'érable! Merde, qui mange ce genre de truc? - Les gens qui ne sont pas assis toute la journée? ai-je proposé.” ― Alafair Burke, The Ex
“Mais j'avais fini par atteindre le terme du délai de huit ans après lequel toute possibilité de devenir partenaire reste illusoire: je n'avais pas réalisé mon rêve. J'avais facturé des milliards d'heures. J'approchais la loi "de manière calme et professionnelle", mais je n'étais "pas parvenue à développer des relations significatives avec les mentors" ni "à adopter un rôle de leader auprès des associés plus jeunes". Je n'avais "pas fait preuve d'un potentiel de développement client significatif". J'étais "trop aride dans mes communications interpersonnelles". [...] En gros, je connaissais mon métier, mais personne ne m'appréciait.” ― Alafair Burke, The Ex
“Le New York Observer s'était déjà demandé s'il serait un jour possible de voir un homme noir libéré sous caution dans le cadre d'un procès pour meurtre, et je devais bien admettre que non.” ― Alafair Burke, The Ex
“There's no such thing as merit separated from biography, he had told me. The only question is whether you're going to let your biography hold you down or help you up.” ― Alafair Burke, All Day and a Night
“Cursing's for the uncreative. They say "Frack! on Battlestar Galactica, and everyone still knows what it means.” ― Alafair Burke, Long Gone
“A word of advice: if the sex is a pain in the ass, you’re doing it wrong.” ― Alafair Burke, The Better Sister
“When he was gone, I blocked his number and then deleted it from my phone. When I say good-bye, I mean it.” ― Alafair Burke, The Ex
“I thought it was endearing when we first got together. By the end I wanted to stab him in the hand every time he dismissed my cursing as an uncreative vocabulary. I think being able to use one little four letter word to convey a hundred different thoughts is pretty fucking creative.” ― Alafair Burke, The Ex
“I despise hearing about other people’s problems, because I don’t like most people, especially people who would be described as normal.” ― Alafair Burke, The Ex
“No worries. When did that ridiculous sentence become an acceptable thing to say to another person?” ― Alafair Burke, If You Were Here
“You make the best decisions you can make in the time you have to make them, and you move on.” ― Alafair Burke, The Wife
“So much past inside my present. —Feist” ― Alafair Burke, If You Were Here
“In her experience, prefacing a statement with “To be honest” or “To tell you the truth” is a sure sign you’re telling someone else what to believe—such as what was “good” for her, in this instance.” ― Alafair Burke, Find Me
“Ethan groaned in embarrassment. “Oh my god, what was that? I sounded like a total chode.” It was his new favorite word for someone who was a jerk. I had to look it up in the Urban Dictionary.” ― Alafair Burke, The Better Sister
“But the testimony she gave before Judge Paul Bandon was not really the whole truth. It was a dry, concise recitation of the basic facts—and only the facts—of a callout 120 days earlier. Time: 11:30 p.m. Location: a penthouse apartment at a building called 212 at the corner of Lafayette and Kenmare. Nature of the callout: a report of shots fired, followed by the subsequent discovery of a bullet-ridden body in the bedroom. The dead man: Robert “Robo” Mancini, bodyguard to Manhattan real estate mogul Sam Sparks” ― Alafair Burke, 212
“condoms” ― Alafair Burke, The Ex
“A un certo punto avevano attaccato con una cover di Anything Anything dei Dramarama, e noi eravamo corsi a ballare sotto il palco, mentre il cantante strillava e si dimenava. […] E poi, quando era arrivato il ritornello finale, il cantante aveva continuato a ripetere senza sosta il verso finale: Just marry me, marry me, marry meeeee.All'improvviso si erano accese le luci, il cantante si era zittito e Jack si era inginocchiato davanti a me.” ― Alafair Burke, The Ex
“Il était venu au commissariat de son plein gré. Il n'avait pas appelé d'avocat. Il avait accepté un test de résidu de tir. Et il utilisait le même mot de passe pour tous ses comptes. Jack était décidément toujours aussi naïf.” ― Alafair Burke, The Ex
“- Vous avez déjà entendu dire que rester assis était le plus court chemin vers la mort? m'a-t-il lancé entre deux halètements. Je mange comme un oisillon - des légumes, du poisson bouilli, du putain de quinoa - mais je reste assis toute la journée. Un gros lard qui engouffrait une barre au sirop d'érable m'a dépassé en courant jusqu'au quatrième étage. Une barre de sirop d'érable! Merde, qui mange ce genre de truc? - Les gens qui ne sont pas assis toute la journée? ai-je proposé.” ― Alafair Burke, The Ex
“Mais j'avais fini par atteindre le terme du délai de huit ans après lequel toute possibilité de devenir partenaire reste illusoire: je n'avais pas réalisé mon rêve. J'avais facturé des milliards d'heures. J'approchais la loi "de manière calme et professionnelle", mais je n'étais "pas parvenue à développer des relations significatives avec les mentors" ni "à adopter un rôle de leader auprès des associés plus jeunes". Je n'avais "pas fait preuve d'un potentiel de développement client significatif". J'étais "trop aride dans mes communications interpersonnelles". [...] En gros, je connaissais mon métier, mais personne ne m'appréciait.” ― Alafair Burke, The Ex
“Le New York Observer s'était déjà demandé s'il serait un jour possible de voir un homme noir libéré sous caution dans le cadre d'un procès pour meurtre, et je devais bien admettre que non.” ― Alafair Burke, The Ex
“There's no such thing as merit separated from biography, he had told me. The only question is whether you're going to let your biography hold you down or help you up.” ― Alafair Burke, All Day and a Night
