“I was amazed that what I needed to survive could be carried on my back. And, most surprising of all, that I could carry it.”
― Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
― Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
“All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental drivel.”
― The Blind Assassin
― The Blind Assassin
“Knowledge is hot water on wool. It shrinks time and space.”
― House of Leaves
― House of Leaves
“My dear girl, is it that you are so lonely that you had to create this?”
― House of Leaves
― House of Leaves
“Strange how we decorate pain.
These ribbons, for instance,
and the small hard teardrops of blood.
Who are they for?
Do we think the dead care?”
― Morning in the Burned House: Poems
These ribbons, for instance,
and the small hard teardrops of blood.
Who are they for?
Do we think the dead care?”
― Morning in the Burned House: Poems
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