Quotes by : Amor Towles

There are few things so disarming as one who laughs well at her own expense.

In our twenties, when there is still so much time ahead of us, time that seems ample for a hundred indecisions,....

...but the tenure of friendships has never been governed by the passage of time.

To what end, he wondered, had the Divine created the stars in heaven to fill a man with feelings of inspiration....

That's the problem with being born in New York, the old newsman observed a little sadly. You've got no....

That's how quickly New York City comes about - like a weather wane - or the head of a cobra. Time tells....

Ever since [that day], a small uncertainty had buzzed between us.It was a sense of chemistry that had....

But the Count hadn’t the temperament for revenge; he hadn’t the imagination for epics; and he certainly....

When one turns seventeen and begins to experience that first period of real independence, one's senses....

In retrospect, the pace of change in the arts and industry in the nineteenth century seems pretty glacial.....