Rose Bowett

“Openness and sincerity were prized above all else under a governing practice of radical tolerance, in which speaking about anything at all could yield only benefit and in which secrets could develop only into shameful wounds.”
― Lillian Fishman, Acts of Service

“And we live quietly so as not to hurt one another.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“That's what I feel so often in painting. I mean I know exactly what I want to do, but I can't find the way in which this thing can be made. I want a deeply ordered image, you see, but I want it to come about by chance. You can always hope that the paint will do more for you, but mostly it's like painting a wall when the very first brushstroke you do gives a sudden shock of reality that is cancelled out as you paint the whole surface.”
― Michael Peppiatt, Francis Bacon in Your Blood

“How can a body be safe when it's only a body? How can we expect that no stranger will be tempted to torch an empty house?”
― Lillian Fishman, Acts of Service