The night has already turned on that imperceptible pivot where two A.M. changes to six A.M. You know this moment has come and gone, but you are not yet willing to concede that you have crossed the line beyond which all is gratuitous damage and the palsy of unraveled nerve endings. Somewhere back there you could have cut your losses, but your rode past that moment on a comet trail of white powder and now you are trying to hang on to the rush. . Jay McInerney
Selling my soul would be a lot easier if I could just find it.
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Nikki Sixx
Reality is just a crutch for people who can't handle drugs.
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Robin McLaurin Williams
I didn't realize there was a ranking." I said. "Sadie frowned. "What do you mean?" "A ranking, " I said. "You know, what's crazier than what." "Oh, sure there is, " Sadie said. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>She sat back in her chair. "First you have your...
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Michael Thomas Ford
Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of production and trade...
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Ayn Rand
I don't like the way people cherish the ghetto, as if it’s some royal palace, or kingdom. I also don't like the way people treat each other in the ghetto. It is really hard to find love, trust, and respect. You don't find too many...
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Delano Johnson
More Quotes By Jay McInerney
The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families.
Sometimes I think the difference between what we want and what we're afraid of is about the width of an eyelash.
It's like, you can't trust anybody, and if somebody you know doesn't fuck you over it's just because the price of selling you down the river was never high enough.
You never stopped thinking of yourself as a writer biding his time in the Department of Factual Verification. But between the job and the life there wasn't much time left over for emotion recollected in tranquillity.
Memories lurk like dustballs in the backs of drawers. The stereo is a special model that plays only music fraught with poignant associations.
