The Bathroom Quotes

“I walked head down, pressing my feet down hard on the pavement to push the city under water.... With the town sinking at the rate of thirty centimeters a century, I explained, or three millimeters a year, or point zero zero zero zero zero zero one millimeter a second, one might reasonably hope, by pressing our feet down hard on the pavement as we walked, to play some part in the drowning of the town.”
― Jean-Philippe Toussaint, The Bathroom

“In the street, asked a running man the way to the post office. I've always enjoyed asking people in a hurry for information.”
― Jean-Philippe Toussaint, The Bathroom

“...we had long silences together over the line. I liked those moments. With my ear close to the receiver, I'd try to hear her breath, her breathing. When she broke the silence, her voice became more important.”
― Jean-Philippe Toussaint, The Bathroom