Jay McInerney Quote

You keep thinking that with practice you will eventually get the knack of enjoying superficial encounters, that you will stop looking for the universal solvent, stop grieving. You will learn to compound happiness out of small increments of mindless pleasure.


Bright Lights, Big City (ed. Vintage, 2011) - ISBN: 9780307763211


You keep thinking that with practice you will eventually get the knack of enjoying superficial encounters, that you will stop looking for the...

You keep thinking that with practice you will eventually get the knack of enjoying superficial encounters, that you will stop looking for the...

You keep thinking that with practice you will eventually get the knack of enjoying superficial encounters, that you will stop looking for the...

You keep thinking that with practice you will eventually get the knack of enjoying superficial encounters, that you will stop looking for the...