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“She was at that modulating point between indifference and love, at the stage called having a fancy for. It occurs once in the history of the most gigantic passions, and it is a period when they are in the hands of the weakest will.”
― The Return of the Native
― The Return of the Native
“Creative work is often driven by pain. It may be that if you don't have something in the back of your head driving you nuts, you may not do anything. It's not a good arrangement. If I were God, I wouldn't have done it that way.
[Interview, The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 20, 2009]”
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[Interview, The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 20, 2009]”
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“Day says the anticipation of having something is often more fun than actually having it.- Calvin”
― Calvin and Hobbes
― Calvin and Hobbes
“It was an odd relationship, but then she was an extraordinary woman: a prioress who doubted much of what the church taught; an acclaimed healer who rejected medicine as practised by physicians; and a nun who made enthusiastic love to her man whenever she could get away with it. If I wanted a normal relationship, Merthin told himself, I should have picked a normal girl.”
― World Without End
― World Without End
“The lives of the poor are rich in symbols.”
― A Fine Balance
― A Fine Balance
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