Renata Adler, Speedboat Quotes

My dislike has no consequences. It accrues only in my mind—like preserves on a shelf or guns zeroing in, and never firing.

My capacity for having a good time exists. It surfaces, however, on odd occasions.

Self-pity” is just sadness, I think, in the pejorative.

The style of flirtation specific to classrooms was of service to the students all their lives.

People who are less happy, I find, are always consoling those who are more.