“Then, you were always captivated by self-sacrifice. However admirable, your eagerness to give your life over to another person may have been due in some measure to the fact that when your life was wholly in your lap you didn't know what to do with it. Self-sacrifice was an easy way out.”
― We Need to Talk About Kevin
― We Need to Talk About Kevin
“A moment might be a thousand different things.”
― The Memory Keeper's Daughter
― The Memory Keeper's Daughter
“—Every word counts.
—Choose power words.
—Hemingway would approve.
—Focus and narrow.
—Ideas are collapsible.
—Remember Miles Davis.”
― No Talking
—Choose power words.
—Hemingway would approve.
—Focus and narrow.
—Ideas are collapsible.
—Remember Miles Davis.”
― No Talking
“Looking over the Ethan's bowed head, amidst the tangled forest of Wilderness littered with the bodies of men dead and dying, Victor saw the serene image of his mother. She smiled at her son, her unbound black hair blowing wildly in the breeze. She reached a hand out towards him, and this time, he went with her.”
― Victor's Blessing
― Victor's Blessing
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