Amelia
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In the prison, sleeping had been compulsory, and I later discovered that it was necessary for one’s well-being and also that it was advisable to keep to the same pattern as everybody else.
“irregardless”
― The Ministry for the Future
― The Ministry for the Future
“You still write poetry,’ I say, a current of electricity running through me. ‘I never stopped,’ she says simply. ‘I don’t publish much anymore. I don’t think I want to. The whole scene – it bothers me. I would rather do my political work and teach my classes.’ She looks at me with a questioning look. ‘Does it upset you?”
― Indian Winter
― Indian Winter
“They are the products of desire: sexual, yes, but more importantly (in the age of contraception, at least) they come from the desire to recur. Give me the chance to repeat myself.”
― Red Clocks
― Red Clocks
“cliffto”
― Indian Winter
― Indian Winter
“We know more about Proust's asthma than his insomnia, and yet the two go together—along with his anorexia.”
― Sleepless: A Memoir of Insomnia
― Sleepless: A Memoir of Insomnia
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