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“From what I understood, love was an extreme idea. A word that seemed to force something undefinable into the prison of letters. But the word was used so easily, so often. People spoke of love so casually, just to mean the slightest pleasure or thanks.”
― Almond
― Almond
“There is no better place to keep a secret than in an unfinished novel.”
― The Castle of Crossed Destinies
― The Castle of Crossed Destinies
“There was silence. Something real was happening: this was, as it were, her life. If she could keep that in mind she would be able to play it through, do the right thing, whatever that meant.”
― Play It As It Lays
― Play It As It Lays
“...it is a great thing to do what is necessary before it becomes essential and unavoidable.”
― The Third Policeman
― The Third Policeman
“Memory, or rather experience -- which is the memory of the event plus the wound it has inflicted on you, plus the change which it has wrought in you and which has made you different-- experience is the basic nutrition also for a work of literature (but not only for that), the true source of wealth for every writer (but not only for the writer), and yet the minute it gives shape to a work of literature it withers and dies. The writer, after writing, finds that he is the poorest of men.”
― The Path to the Spiders' Nests
― The Path to the Spiders' Nests
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