City Mouse Quotes

“… and then showed Owen the reservation. Four people.
“But we’re only two,” Owen said.
“Yeah, but my ego needs more space than that.”
― Aleksandr Voinov, City Mouse

“When you get to that point where you notice a person’s faults, you’ve got to decide if you can live with them or can’t live without them.”
― Amy Lane, City Mouse

“Honestly—who puts a hamburger next to diet tofu curry unless they’re trying to buy your soul?”
― Amy Lane, City Mouse

“Oh—and you need to work on making my opinion more important than Josh’s, too. I know it’s a stretch—he’s your most intimate relationship to date, but when you’re balls deep in my ass, I’d prefer you not be wondering if it counts as a workout.”
― Amy Lane, City Mouse

“That’s where they’d gone right after the train station, where Malcolm (Malcolm!) had poured his bloody heart out and begged Owen not to leave. Bed. There would be time to hammer out the details later”
― Amy Lane, City Mouse

“Yes. You couldn’t make anyone else happy. He tried to tell himself that, and drink through the buzzing little voice saying that, for a few short weeks, he actually had made someone else happy. And Owen had made him happy too.”
― Amy Lane, City Mouse

“But strong isn’t suits and a stupidly expensive lifestyle.” “No?” “No. Strong is having the faith to run after a guy you’ve fallen for and taking the risk of looking like an idiot in the middle of St Pancras. And not giving enough of a fuck to not do it.”
― Amy Lane, City Mouse

“Really? Brixton? Where nobody speaks fucking English?” Okay, that wasn’t quite fair, and supposedly Brixton was getting “gentrified.” “Remember Guns of Brixton, the Clash?”
― Amy Lane, City Mouse

“But lo (loo?) and behold, it was. Malcolm pushed Owen all the way to the far wall.”
― Amy Lane, City Mouse