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“And doesn't a writer do the same thing? Isn't she knitting together scraps of dreams? She hunts down the most vivid details and links them in sequences that will let a reader see, smell, and hear a world that seems complete in itself; she builds a stage set and painstakingly hides all the struts and wires and nail holes, then stands back and hopes whoever might come to see it will believe.”
― Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
― Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
“It's embarrassingly plain how inadequate language is.”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
“Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.”
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“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
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“...to write a story is to inch backward and forward along a series of planks you are cantilevering out into the darkness, plank by plank, inch by inch, and the best you can hope is that each day you find yourself a little bit farther out over the abyss.”
― Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
― Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
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