“This is what I miss, Cordelia: not something that’s gone, but something that will never happen. Two old women giggling over their tea.”
― Cat's Eye
― Cat's Eye
“You don't look back along time but down through it, like water. Sometimes this comes to the surface, sometimes that, sometimes nothing. Nothing goes away.”
― Cat's Eye
― Cat's Eye
“Knowing too much about other people puts you in their power, they have a claim on you, you are forced to understand their reasons for doing things and then you are weakened.”
― Cat's Eye
― Cat's Eye
“I did not know how to paint or even what to paint, but I knew I had to begin.”
― Cat's Eye
― Cat's Eye
“I see that there will be no end to imperfection, or to doing things the wrong way. Even if you grow up, no matter how hard you scrub, whatever you do, there will always be some other stain or spot on your face or stupid act, somebody frowning.”
― Cat's Eye
― Cat's Eye
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