“A stranger is someone who sits very still at the kitchen table, looks down at his knuckles, thinks some day we will laugh about this, doesn't believe it.”
― Glass, Irony and God
― Glass, Irony and God
“Perhaps the hardest thing about losing a lover is to watch the year repeat its days. It is as if I could dip my hands down into time and scoop up blue and green lozenges of April heat a year ago in another country.”
― The Glass Essay
― The Glass Essay
“I was overcome by a sense of how much more there was in his life than in mine, by the things to do and distances to travel, while I never had done anything or gone anywhere, and never would.”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
“It felt ominous to me - the aestheticized girliness, infatuation and weakness.”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
“Being a young girl is always a cute trick. It leaves nothing to be desired and it is easy. I feel as though becoming a woman is like a long tradition of going through things and coming out strong, but I am tired and weary!”
― Happy Hour
― Happy Hour
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