In novels, I said, people are transfigured by love. Theyโre elevated, made different, lifted out of their ordinarinessโฆItโs not so much to ask, I said. I just want love to live up to its publicity.
Anatole BroyardRuefulness is one of the classical tones of American fiction. It fosters a native, deglamorized form of anxiety.
Anatole BroyardTwo people making love, she once said, are like one drowned person resuscitating the other.
Anatole Broyard