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“When I was young, all I wanted to read were pretentious little books. Camus and Tournier and Calvino. If it had a plot, I hated it.”
― Andrew Sean Greer, Less

“I need you to do my bow tie. I forget how because I know you never will. Prizes aren't love, but this is love.”
― Andrew Sean Greer, Less

“We all recognize grief in moments that should be celebrations; it is the salt in the pudding.”
― Andrew Sean Greer, Less

“The equation was simple. A bank director who blows millions on foolhardy speculations should not keep his job. A managing director who plays shell company games should do time. A slum landlord who forces young people to pay through the nose and under the table for a one-room apartment with shared toilet should be hung out to dry.”
― Stieg Larsson, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo