299 Quotes by Amor Towles

The scientists call it human nature; which is just a fancy term for the God-given flaws we have no intention of giving back.

Was the minding of one’s own business no longer a subject taught in schools? “Like.

Long had he believed that a gentleman should turn to a mirror with a sense of distrust. For rather than being tools of self-discovery, mirrors tended to be tools of self-deceit.

I know that right choices by definition are the means by which life crystallizes loss.

All little girls outgrow their interest in princesses,” she said. “In fact, they outgrow their interest in princesses faster than little boys outgrow their interest in clambering about.

Because well he knew that when one is traveling abroad for the first time, one does not wish to look back on laborsome instructions, weighty advice, or tearful sentiments. Like the memory of the simple soup, when one is homesick what one will find most comforting to recall are those lighthearted little stories that have been told a thousand times before.

Suddenly – I shone in all my might, and morning rang its round. Always to shine, to shine everywhere, to the very depths of the last days, to shine – and to hell with everything else! That is my motto – and the sun’s!

A king fortifies himself with a castle,” observed the Count, “a gentleman with a desk.” As.

Oh,” said Sofia, bringing the topic to a close with the efficiency of the guillotine.