“But there are still the hours, aren't there? One and then another, and you get through that one and then, my god, there's another.”
― The Hours
― The Hours
“Perhaps there are those who are able to go about their lives unfettered by such concerns. But for those like us, our fate is to face the world as orphans, chasing through long years the shadows of vanished parents. There is nothing for it but to try and see through our missions to the end, as best we can, for until we do so, we will be permitted no calm.”
― When We Were Orphans
― When We Were Orphans
“Was not writing poetry a secret transaction, a voice answering a voice?”
― Orlando
― Orlando
“All I know is that I've wasted all these years looking for something, a sort of trophy I'd get only if I really, really did enough to deserve it. But I don't want it anymore, I want something else now, something warm and sheltering, something I can turn to, regardless of what I do, regardless of who I become. Something that will just be there, always, like tomorrow's sky.”
― When We Were Orphans
― When We Were Orphans
“Perhaps one day, all these conflicts will end, and it won't be because of great statesmen or churches or organisations like this one. It'll be because people have changed. They'll be like you, Puffin. More a mixture. So why not become a mongrel? It's healthy.”
― When We Were Orphans
― When We Were Orphans
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