“Apathy is the same as war, it all kills you, she says. Slow like cancer in the breast or fast like a machete in the neck.”
― Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
― Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
“Is it possible that even happy moments of pleasure never stand up to a rigorous examination? Possible.”
― The Story of a New Name
― The Story of a New Name
“When each partner loves so completely that he has forgotten to ask himself whether or not he is loved in return; when he only knows that he loves and is moving to its music—then, and then only are two people able to dance perfectly in tune to the same rhythm.”
― Gift from the Sea
― Gift from the Sea
“…Many things interested her, and nothing satisfied her entirely.”
― Fathers and Sons
― Fathers and Sons
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