Infamous Quotes

“To everybody else, your writing will be… a commodity, or a passing curiosity. A horror. A punchline. You must love it fiercely, and take pride in it regardless.”
― Lex Croucher, Infamous

“Sixteen is a terrible age,” Eddie said seriously.
“What are you pontificating on about now?”
“I feel like I could do anything and nothing, all at the same time. London is enormous! But it’s too small! I want to write something great, but I fear I am far too young—I am not a child, but dagger to my heart, I never want to be a minute older.”
― Lex Croucher, Infamous

“...I feel like...soup.'

'Oh, dear. It seems that almost drowning has made you very stupid.'

'I don't care,' Rose said, closing her eyes and tilting her head, her face shrouded in steam. 'I am stupid and I am happy and I am soup.”
― Lex Croucher, Infamous

“When I'm in London, I long for the lake, but when I'm on the lake, I yearn for London. It is almost as if I'm the problem, but that cannot be it, so it must be something else.”
― Lex Croucher, Infamous

“It is not yet illegal to have an interesting thought, sir, although even if it were, you would certainly be in no imminent danger.”
― Lex Croucher, Infamous

“He is not without talent, I will grant him that, but he is entirely wihout tact, grace, good manners or a fully functioning moral compass, and I find those to be key attributes I look for in the company I keep.”
― Lex Croucher, Infamous

“You do not seem to have any trouble at all finding yourself.' Valentine chocken on a mouthful of whisky. 'Ha! I never found myself, and perhaps I never will. I am uncharted territory. Somebody came up to me earlier and said, "You know, in the right light, you almost look like a lady!" I think she thought she was being kind and progressive. I told her that I am not a lady, or a gentleman for that matter, and that any resemblance to either is entirely coincidental, but she looked at me as if I were speaking a foreign language and almost walked into a wall in her haste to escape.”
― Lex Croucher, Infamous

“Do you want to be palatable, or do you want to be great?”
― Lex Croucher, Infamous

“It was almost like the freedom of childhood, except that people kept handling Eddie glasses of wine.”
― Lex Croucher, Infamous

“Everybody was so exhausted from the strangely wearing task of sittin gstill for eight hours that they drifted away from one another without making plans for dinner.”
― Lex Croucher, Infamous

“[...] you must be your own champion in this sort of business. To everybode else, your writing will be ... a comodity, or a passing curiosity. A horror. A punchline. You must love it fiercely, and take pride in it regardless.”
― Lex Croucher, Infamous

“Oh,” said Eddie. She was really starting to suspect that her stupidity knew no bounds.”
― Lex Croucher, Infamous

“People don’t understand,” he said, his face softening. “Those of us who live to create, who throw ourselves upon the altar of art and bleed and bleed for it… how could we ever really inhabit the same world as those who simply dress for the day and read the paper and never dream that they could be the god of something new?”
― Lex Croucher, Infamous