Dot Dunn

“At a mixer at the Art and Architecture School, I met Ray Connors. He had small, worried eyes and fine, babyish hair, already receding. His back was hurting him; two years ago he had fallen down an elevator shaft. He was graduating from the Architecture School in January. He went off to get me a glass of wine; by the time he came back, I had practically forgotten his existence.”
― Tama Janowitz

“if words lie face down there’s a chance they might change during the night; you may suddenly come to see them with a new eye, perhaps with a rapid flash of insight. It is conceivable.”
― Tove Jansson, A Winter Book: Selected Stories

“You're very insistent, but I'm very busy.”
― Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

“Can't bring back time. Like holding water in your hand.”
― James Joyce, Ulysses