Xuan Dao

“I felt very still and empty, the way the eye of a tornado must feel, moving dully along in the middle of the surrounding hullabaloo.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“I wondered why I couldn't go the whole way doing what I should any more. This made me sad and tired. Then I wondered why I couldn't go the whole way doing what I shouldn't, the way Doreen did, and this made me even sadder and more tired.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“Dreams, you know, are what you wake up from.”
― Raymond Carver, The Bridle

“That's all we have, finally, the words, and they had better be the right ones.”
― Raymond Carver