“All of that. And their phone calls, the messages they wrote to one another, their jealousies, the years of looks, suppressed smiles, their dictionary of little touches. All the stories they had told about each other, about themselves. This much was in their eyes and passed between them.”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
“It is absurd, Barthes says, to try to flee from language’s assertive nature by “add[ing] to each sentence some little phrase of uncertainty, as if anything that came out of language could make language tremble.”
― The Argonauts
― The Argonauts
“I miss you more than I remember you.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“She was in the grip of an insuperable longing to fall. She lived in a constant state of vertigo.
"Pick me up," is the message of a person who keeps falling. Tomas kept picking her up, patiently.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
"Pick me up," is the message of a person who keeps falling. Tomas kept picking her up, patiently.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“At times, when a deer saw a man walking in the forest, he might prick up his ears and stand still as a statue. Waiting. Wary. Meaning no harm.
What are you? asked his ears. And oh. What am I?
Sometimes the answer was, You're dead.
And the deer crumpled to his knees.”
― A Children's Bible
What are you? asked his ears. And oh. What am I?
Sometimes the answer was, You're dead.
And the deer crumpled to his knees.”
― A Children's Bible
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