Batuman — The Idiot
Book page: batuman-idiot
From: Quotes batch 1
Edition: Penguin Books (2017)
On Identity & Social Roles
“I wanted to know how it was going to turn out, like flipping ahead in a book. I didn’t even know what kind of story it was, or what kind of role I was supposed to be playing.” (p. 104)
On Cognition & Observation
“I thought that there was a way in which I was lighter than he was—that there was a serious heaviness about him that was foreign to me, and that I rejected.” (p. 104)
On Language and Perception
“Everything you do, everything you say, it’s just like a translation of something that’s already there.” (p. 235)