“I have stitched life into me like a rare organ
--from "Three Women: A Poem for Three Voices", written 1962”
― The Collected Poems
--from "Three Women: A Poem for Three Voices", written 1962”
― The Collected Poems
“Your success and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them. But to be happy it is essential not to be too concerned with others. Consequently, there is no escape. Happy and judged, or absolved and wretched.”
― The Fall
― The Fall
“There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.”
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“How can I lose faith in the justice of life, when the dreams of those who sleep upon feathers are not more beautiful than the dreams of those who sleep upon the earth?”
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“Do you know how hard it is to say nothing? When every atom of you strains to do the opposite? I had practiced not saying anything the whole way from the airport, and it was still nearly killing me.”
― Me Before You
― Me Before You
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