“The craggy lines that made up the character in his face now seemed like scars of defeat, inflicted on him over time.”
― The Elephant Tree
― The Elephant Tree
“Where were you then?
Who else was there?
Saying what?
Why will the whole of love come on me suddenly
when I am sad and feel you are far away?”
―
Who else was there?
Saying what?
Why will the whole of love come on me suddenly
when I am sad and feel you are far away?”
―
“That's a sure way to tell about somebody--the way they play, or don't play, make-believe.”
― Dragons in the Waters
― Dragons in the Waters
“People are all over the world telling their one dramatic story and how their life has turned into getting over this one event. Now their lives are more about the past than their future.”
― Invisible Monsters
― Invisible Monsters
“Men may congratulate themselves for writing truly and passionately about the movements of nations; they may consider war and the search for God to be great literature's only subjects; but if men's standing in the world could be toppled by an ill-advised choice of hat, English literature would be dramatically changed.”
― The Hours
― The Hours
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