Trunk fish babies
— Lily’s Google Image search
I’m a cop.
— Frank Fitzpatrick (Rusty’s partner) responding with great comedic timing to Robert’s question (directed at Lily and me) of what we did
That’s hilarious.
— Maria Hassabi after I asked her to sign my museum program. David gave me the pen.
They wouldn’t imagine that we were still here in this building.
— Lily in the Hotel Belleclaire
Choose a record.
— Third Rail Projects performer, The Grand Paradise
Everyone always turns that way.
— X-ray technician on turning onto back when it should be belly
Jamie Dimon.
— Uncle Mike
Gear shift!
— Henry’s fake fist bump
Hell of a damn grave. Wish it were mine.
— Royal Tenenbaum, The Royal Tenenbaums
I remember when I was little, the first dream I had, I don’t think I was even asleep!
— Lily
Do you want it to be good, or do you want it to be yours?
— Tom Yates, “Chapter 48,” House Of Cards
Give me that money young man. I remember those glasses. You got me last time, you got me this time, I’ll get you next time.
— My favorite street book selling guy on 73rd and Broadway on negotiating
I like how you call it little poops.
— Ann on my ceramics term (adopted from Lily)
The great painter Van Dyck didn’t impress me nearly as much as that.
— Sid the Kid on people putting up a window display
Ferns ferns ferns
The loves of my life
— Michael Dickman, “John Clare,” Green Migraine
I’ve been trying to since day one.
— Trader Joe’s employee after I said we were leaving the store, not looking for the end of the line
You gotta have some paper man, that’s just the bottom line to it.
— Man on NJT
Nobody talks.
— Paul Buckley
He caught a lucky break.
— Jealous designer on John Gall’s instagram at #collageparty
The tourbillon, he said, “is a testament to our ability to celebrate, and indeed cherish, obsolescence as art.”
— Alex Williams, “Why a $15,950 Tourbillon Watch Is Considered a Steal,” The New York Times