They All Fall Down Quotes

“A sick man. A country chick. A shaggy nurse. A cokehead cook. An uppity banker. And a mass shooter. My competition”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, They All Fall Down

“lording over an intellectual vacuum that rivaled Jackass and Three’s Company.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, They All Fall Down

“M.F.A. novel set in Nebraska.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, They All Fall Down

“Wallace, hand covering his mouth, gave a curt shake of his head. “Later. This dinner party makes me want to take up smoking Parliament Lights again.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, They All Fall Down

“I glared at the old man, then said, “So are you completely bald underneath there or not? Cuz honestly? It looks good. Your wig, I mean. Like … you’re ready to win it all back on a single throw in Monte Carlo. Like…” I gazed at his hair. “Like … your client just won the Nobel Prize in poetry but won’t attend the acceptance ceremony and so you’ll accept the award on his behalf. It’s a nice wig. Really, it is. Now, if you’ll excuse me.” I sat my glass of sparkling water on Wallace’s plate, then wandered back to the appetizers table. You just can’t help it, can you? I mentally kicked myself in the head—I’d just jeopardized”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, They All Fall Down