How to Behave in a Crowd Quotes

“So the problem with any dictatorship,” I said, following Simone’s argument, “is never really the dictator himself but the people who agree with him.” “Exactly,” Simone said. “There could potentially be a good dictatorship—I don’t see why the public could only be sheep for horrible leaders—but the problem is that good people never want to be dictators.” “That’s a bummer,” I said.”
― Camille Bordas, How to Behave in a Crowd

“Do I have a personality?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Sometimes I think I don't. That other people do and I don't. That they're more real than me, or something.”
― Camille Bordas, How to Behave in a Crowd

“Once we were all gathered, my mother said, "The father won't be coming home tonight," and this time it was because he was dead.”
― Camille Bordas, How to Behave in a Crowd

“I heard you got laid," Jeremie said.

"I did!" I said, and regretted sounding the exclamation mark right away.”
― Camille Bordas, How to Behave in a Crowd

“The father won't be coming back tonight," my mother said one evening as she and I were waiting for the others. I thought she meant he was dead, but he'd only been kept abroad by a conference and had missed the connecting flight home.”
― Camille Bordas, How to Behave in a Crowd