Edmund White, Our Young Man Quotes
He thought to himself, I’ll never be this perfect again, an idea that made him sad.
Wasn’t it correct in America to call a man ‘handsome’ rather than ‘beautiful’?
You say that you don’t care about age and that you’re ready to push the wheelchair and hose down my bum, but how can you be sure?
He was a good boy and ‘projected’ goodness – which later would be the downfall of many a person.
In America everyone called the merest acquaintance a ‘friend’ – Guy had taken up the habit. It made him feel better about not having any real friends.
Older guys have too much emotional baggage. They’ve already lived their lives.
