Being poor or being lonely could be either fortunate or unfortunate, but the truth is that the distinction was meaningless. Whether we were fortunate or not, we were still different, and that’s all there was to it.
“As with wine, taste, not price, is the best guide to choosing an olive oil.”
― Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
― Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
“Physical tiredness is a magnifying glass.”
― The Lost Daughter
― The Lost Daughter
“Being poor or being lonely could be either fortunate or unfortunate, but the truth is that the distinction was meaningless. Whether we were fortunate or not, we were still different, and that’s all there was to it.”
― Nowhere to Be Found
― Nowhere to Be Found
“He had a conventional notion of culture. He thought that going to the theater or ballet and keeping up-to-date with the movie listings made you cultured. I, on the other hand, learned to believe in the depth of experience: returning ten times to the art gallery near my house to look at that Kandinsky again because I identified with its shapes, on a deep level, in my soul. I didn’t care at all whether it was fashionable and I didn’t attend the concerts my father timidly suggested. For me music worked better in the solitude of my room than it did live.”
― Ten Women
― Ten Women
“They were just like the relations from whom I had fled as a girl. I couldn't bear them and yet they held me tight, I had them all inside me.”
― The Lost Daughter
― The Lost Daughter
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