End of the World House Quotes

“Why had she ever wanted to come here? To see art. To see someone else’s inspiration, but in its worst, its least natural form. The point being not that it was beautiful, but that it was chosen.”
― Adrienne Celt, End of the World House

“She had once sworn she’d never stop being moved by all the terrible headlines, but there were so many of them, they became normal no matter what you did – the sensation of struggling against bad normalcy as familiar to Bertie, now, as breathing.”
― Adrienne Celt, End of the World House

“She and Kate had wanted to see the things everyone else saw, too, but with their own eyes. That was how art, how anything, became immortal. Becoming a still point in the universe, around which endless bodies revolved.”
― Adrienne Celt, End of the World House

“Kate wore a black silk blouse with puff sleeves, a crepe dress with gold sundials all over it, a pair of shoes that were hot pink with two-inch soles which made her look like a delivery girl for a demigod, blessed with feet that could go the distance.”
― Adrienne Celt, End of the World House

“You never know why not, before it happens. That’s what Bertie realized. Time passes. Slow, then fast. Bit by bit, and then it’s gone.”
― Adrienne Celt, End of the World House

“Both of them dated a lot, though unsuccessfully, choosing the solace of easy sex over the ontological work of rearranging their lives for relationships.”
― Adrienne Celt, End of the World House