Denis Thériault > Quotes

“Swirling like water against rugged rocks, time goes around and around”
― Denis Thériault, Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman

“When you write, the best part is never what you had planned but what you discover on your path.”
― Denis Thériault

“There wasn't anything worse than waiting when you were unsure of the outcome.”
― Denis Thériault

“Papa suffered from snowbilitis, a common malady above the fiftieth parallel, what with the north pressing down on you and winter somehow or other needing to be tamed.”
― Denis Thériault, The Boy Who Belonged to the Sea

“Slowly flowing sky breakup of the clouds icebergs that have lost their way”
― Denis Thériault, Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman

“Ze vond vooral dat het voorval haar eigen schuld was, dat er niets zou zijn voorgevallen als zij niet zo happig was geweest om zich van alles in te beelden... toch?”
― Denis Thériault, The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman

“E nesse momento, pela primeira vez na vida – a primeira mesmo –, ele sentiu a solidão que o envolvia. Era como uma onda enorme e certeira, empurrando-o para as profundezas de si mesmo, levando-o para os recantos mais escuros do leito do oceano, onde um redemoinho irresistível o tragara na direção de um abismo monstruoso, uma grade de bueiro gigantesca onde ele se debatia na tentativa de agarrar uma salvação qualquer, tomado pela mais profunda agonia.”
― Denis Thériault, The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman

“Under clear water the newborn baby swims like a playful otter”
― Denis Thériault, Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman