“You'll see why a person would want to live there forever. Dawn, morning, mid-day, night: all the same, except for the changes in the air. The air changes the color of things there. And life whirs by as quiet as a murmur...the pure murmuring of life.”
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“I took it for granted that this is what all families did—come together and become an island unto themselves, the kitchen table the sun around which we revolved.”
― Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
― Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
“I lack nothing I need unless you count everything I want”
― Calling a Wolf a Wolf
― Calling a Wolf a Wolf
“أنت وحيد: لم تعد لديك كلمات تطلب بها النجدة”
― الكاتب والآخر
― الكاتب والآخر
“لم تكن الكلمات ولا الوعود ما نحنُ بحاجةٍ إليه، بل التراكم الثابت للوقائع الصغيرة”
― South of the Border, West of the Sun
― South of the Border, West of the Sun
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