“Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories.”
― White Teeth
― White Teeth
“He read it for the same reason an animal tears at a wounded foot: to hurt the pain.”
― Miss Lonelyhearts
― Miss Lonelyhearts
“My, my. A body does get around.”
― Light in August
― Light in August
“Joao Elvas wrapped his cloak tightly around him, tucked up his legs as if he were still in his mother's womb, and snoozed in the warmth of the hay, which gave off a pleasant odour generated by the heat of his body. There are refined men and women, and sometimes not all that refined, who cannot bear such odours and who take great pains to cover any traces of their natural smell, and the day will come when artificial roses will be sprayed with the artificial scent of roses, and these refined souls will exclaim, How lovely they smell.”
― Baltasar and Blimunda
― Baltasar and Blimunda
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