Modern Love Quotes

“Here today, not there tomorrow, gone leaving no incriminating evidence of my unpopular halfbaked world view. That's a good girl.”
― Constance DeJong, Modern Love

“I see more confusion. I have to think. Can I? I feel I'd better; I realize I must; I decide I will: won't I taste smell feel better when I can think realize decide? Won't I? Shouldn't I? Mustn't I? Well, I feel I should therefore I think I am. I mean I think I can. I”
― Constance DeJong, Modern Love

“I'm not interested in purely aesthetic people," she announced.

Everything stopped.

She sighed contentedly, nestling in the cushions. Roderigo leans over, whispering in her ear.

Everything spins and whirls.”
― Constance De Jong, Modern Love

“One tiny insight is not enough. But it's a start. It gives me confidence. I want this sudden confidence to stay. To go on and on, spreading and changing and growing to become something beautiful, strong, clear, enduring . . . something tells me if I continue to turn my insights into adjectives I'll turn into a criminal. I'll steal the splendor of this moment and commit it to a long, sorry sentence. I'll murder people and bury them in gorgeous metaphors. I'll mutilate events and objects, cut and arrange everything into pretty patterns. Into spectacular empty images.”
― Constance De Jong, Modern Love

“My head was filled with intricate nonsense which made all coincidences so interesting.”
― Constance De Jong, Modern Love