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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.
“Literature reveals the lies and the hypocrisy of the world. It is the only true record.”
― Call Me Zebra
― Call Me Zebra
“To be sure, nothing created by man is perfect.”
― The Invention of Morel
― The Invention of Morel
“It is impossible that every need is basically spatial, that somewhere the image, the touch, and the voice of those who are no longer alive must still exist.”
― 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
“It’s only with mild surprise I find I don’t so much read anymore, but rather teeter, wonder, take flight, like Pascal, like Madeline, like Bemelmans, like Lamorisse, like my daughters. Like Robert. Like anyone who has ever started or finished a book, or a love affair, or confused the two, in sweet anticipation of the fall.”
― Paris by the Book
― Paris by the Book
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