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Open City
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Not that I actually saw the migrations more than three or four times in all: most days all I saw was the colors of the sky at dusk, its powder blues, dirty blushes, and russets, all of which gradually gave way to deep shadow.
“To be sure, nothing created by man is perfect.”
― The Invention of Morel
― The Invention of Morel
“I felt nurtured by literature's web of sentences, connected through them to this strange and dark universe.”
― Call Me Zebra
― Call Me Zebra
“The habits of our lives make us presume that things will happen in a certain foreseeable way, that there will be a vague coherence in the world.”
― The Invention of Morel
― The Invention of Morel
“We are suspicious of a stranger who tells us his life story.”
― The Invention of Morel
― The Invention of Morel
“Literature reveals the lies and the hypocrisy of the world. It is the only true record.”
― Call Me Zebra
― Call Me Zebra
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