Mister Monkey Quotes

“Who would you rather live with, a bunch of bonobos feeling good? Or chimpanzees eating each other's babies? Or humans waterboarding each other and destroying the planet?”
― Francine Prose, Mister Monkey

“Maybe real love is being able to ask, Do I have greens in my teeth?”
― Francine Prose, Mister Monkey

“Cure sometimes, heal frequently, comfort always.”
― Francine Prose, Mister Monkey

“Why do people only want to hear the story of how a future celebrity got all mixed up and knocked around in the big martini shaker of youth, until something—ambition, resilience, a lucky break, a dear friend’s death—poured out a famous person, alchemically mixologized into a perfect cocktail, refreshing and delicious?”
― Francine Prose, Mister Monkey

“Margot used to like describing men as 'my unhappy love affair.' But hadn't that presumed the existence of a happy love affair that made the others unimportant? What is unhappy is the only kind Margo ever has?”
― Francine Prose, Mister Monkey