In his day, liking someone like David Bowie would have been the domain of degenerate officers in black and white movies about nazis.
Jonathan GoldsteinReggie made him feel like he was nine years old and out for dinner with his family at the Ponderosa Steak House and he had run into his French teacher and his mother invited her to dine with him.
Reggie made him feel like he was sitting in a public bathroom stall and someone had come into the bathroom and began singing a song about what a stinky bastard he was while he was in there sweating it out.
Reggie made him feel like someone had taken the red Tonka fire engine he had always wanted and painfully corkscrewed it down the front of his jeans.
Reggie made him feel like the ice cream man had just rolled by and all his dead grandparents were mooning him out the truck window.
If you could jerk off to something else, like a hamburger, could you imagine the delight in being alive?
Jonathan GoldsteinCertain voices hold this odd pull on our heartstrings. They are like sad oboes or something, something that makes you want to throw all your money at the radio while yelling, "I love you." I don't know what it is.
Jonathan GoldsteinTags: voices heartstrings yelling
What is it about legs? Or what is it about breasts? Or the small of the back? What is it about anything? One day there will be no difference between anything. It'll all be the exact same thing. One day you'll look in the dictionary and there will be only one word and you'll just have to make do.
Jonathan GoldsteinHow strange to feel yourself falling in love with someone you've only just met.
Jonathan GoldsteinWe want more than there is.
Jonathan GoldsteinWhen he heard his father call out for Abel and he saw his borther go forth, it made him feel like he was nothing. He couldn’t even say that he felt like Cain anymore. One could not feel like Cain because it had no flavor. Cain was the absence of flavor. Cain was like saliva or a Wednesday.
Jonathan GoldsteinTags: bible old-testament sibling-rivalry
Everyone runs around trying to find a place where they still serve breakfast because eating breakfast, even if it's 5 o'clock in the afternoon, is a sign that the day has just begun and good things can still happen. Having lunch is like throwing in the towel.
Jonathan GoldsteinI felt like a young Tony Montana having come to America, except the only person I wanted to kill was myself.
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