“She had no notion how to talk to kids, certainly not to a teacher, but she wanted to learn to read and what came after twenty-nine.”
― Where the Crawdads Sing
― Where the Crawdads Sing
“Some people are born to make great art and others are born to appreciate it. Don’t you think? It is a kind of talent in itself, to be an audience, whether you are the spectator in the gallery or you are listening to the voice of the world’s greatest soprano. Not everyone can be the artist. There have to be those who witness the art, who love and appreciate what they have been privileged to see.”
― ❴Bel :Canto
― ❴Bel :Canto
“where are the snowdens of yesteryear?”
― Catch-22
― Catch-22
“And Lot’s wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and their homes had been. But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
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