“I am just like my mother. I buy books and tell myself that I am buying
wisdom and at the end of my life, I own a house full of books. When I
was little, I thought that the water came out of the showerhead
because it was crying. This is because I heard my mother crying and
thought it was the showerhead”
― Juvenilia
wisdom and at the end of my life, I own a house full of books. When I
was little, I thought that the water came out of the showerhead
because it was crying. This is because I heard my mother crying and
thought it was the showerhead”
― Juvenilia
“His feet are light and nimble. He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.”
― Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
― Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
“One of the most terrible, most mysterious things about a life is that a warning can be heeded only in retrospect: too late.”
― If Beale Street Could Talk
― If Beale Street Could Talk
“...love brought you here. If you trusted love this far, don't panic now.”
― If Beale Street Could Talk
― If Beale Street Could Talk
“Fare thee well my nightingale
I lived but to be near you
Though you are singing somewhere still
I can no longer hear you”
― The Flame
I lived but to be near you
Though you are singing somewhere still
I can no longer hear you”
― The Flame
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