Truth Quote by Amor Towles — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“But for me, dinner at a fine restaurant was the ultimate luxury. It was the very height of civilization. For what was civilization but the intellect's ascendancy out of the doldrums of necessity (shelter, sustenance and survival) into the ether of the finely superfluous (poetry, handbags and haute cuisine)? So removed from daily life was the whole experience that when all was rotten to the core, a fine dinner could revive the spirits. If and when I had twenty dollars left to my name, I was going to invest it right here in an elegant hour that couldn't be hocked.”

“In our twenties, when there is still so much time ahead of us, time that seems ample for a hundred indecisions, for a hundred visions and revisions—we draw a card, and we must decide right then and there whether to keep that card and discard the next, or discard the first card and keep the second. And before we know it, the deck has been played out and the decisions we have just made will shape our lives for decades to come.”

“And whatever my life had been up to that day, it was another life after that. And that is the gospel truth.”

“If the difference between guys and men is still unclear, here are a few examples that apply to dating:”

“None of the realities are meant to be taken seriously”

“But just because you love something, I added to myself, doesn't mean you'll ever be great. Not if you don't work. Most people stink at the things they love.”

“Like" and "like" and "like"--but what is the thing that lies beneath the semblance of the thing?”

“Questers of the truth, that’s who dogs are; seekers after the invisible scent of another being’s authentic core.”