Nothing But the Night Quotes

“That is the very best time of life, he thought again: when you are very young, when living is a simple, perfect succession of golden days.”
― John Williams, Nothing But the Night

“Stafford was late again, as he had expected he would be late. He signaled the bartender and indicated his empty glass. He burrowed a little more securely in his separate awareness, he nestled a little more deeply into his private darkness, and he waited.

In the long run, he thought, that is all one does; wait for people or keep people waiting.”
― John Williams, Nothing But the Night

“In the long run, he thought, that is all one does; wait for people or keep people waiting.”
― John Williams, Nothing But the Night

“Escapism, of course, he thought; pure escapism. But how he hated that word! How he hated it. Much too puritanical. They used it to designate actions for which they could find no simple reasons, actions both high and low. Escape. Of course. Escape from a larger confusion into a smaller one.”
― John Williams, Nothing But the Night

“But he could arouse no real interest in his soul this morning. Last night, he remembered, he had been deeply concerned with his soul. He had sat here in this room, he had drunk a little, he had read a book, and he had thought about his soul. But that was last night.”
― John Williams, Nothing But the Night

“For he was untouched and alone, and no one knew him. His name could be spoken by a few… And that was all. The bare, essential facts of his life were included in the knowledge of no person here. They were not deemed important enough to consider, much less to investigate.”
― John Williams, Nothing But the Night