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Some people find this moment—the moment before creativity begins—so painful that they simply cannot deal with it. They get up and walk away from the computer, the canvas, the keyboard; they take a nap or go shopping or fix lunch or do
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“She knows how judgemental mothers are, how good it feels to sit in judgement of someone else.”
― The Couple Next Door
― The Couple Next Door
“Tea had featured heavily in the past fortnight. Miriam sometimes felt her belly sloshing with it, like a waterbed, yet still she took tea when it was proffered, for the symbolism, she supposed - solicitude, comfort, warmth. It is the English way, after all.”
― Missing, Presumed
― Missing, Presumed
“Fifteen years ago, before we met, Daniela was a comer to Chicago's art scene. She had a studio in Bucktown, showed her work in half-dozen galleries, and had just lined up her first solo exhibition in New York. Then came life. Me. Charlie. A bout of crippling postpartum depression. Derailment. Now she teaches private art lessons to middle-grade students.”
― Dark Matter
― Dark Matter
“Her eyes red-rimmed, now brimming, her forehead furrowed with disbelief and anger. There is nothing worse than seeing your mother cry and being the cause.”
― Missing, Presumed
― Missing, Presumed
“Life... is full of compromises you never thought you'd make when you were young.”
― Missing, Presumed
― Missing, Presumed
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