“She is ‘wife of’ and ‘aunt of’; later she will be ‘mother of’ – perhaps some energetic young man whose achievements will never be traced back to she who birthed him. These claims upon her will only multiply – she will be mother-in-law, grandmother, widow, dependant – and accordingly her own person will be divided and divided and divided, until there is nothing left.”
― The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock
― The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock
“Life is a tragedy, one way or another. What is certain is that you die.”
― The Vampire Armand
― The Vampire Armand
“You do have a story inside you; it lies articulate and waiting to be written — behind your silence and your suffering.”
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“like to cry alone. It felt so marvelously good, to cry and cry, totally removed from any hint of censure! No one to tell you yes or no, no one to beg for forgiveness, no one to intervene.”
― Violin: A Novel
― Violin: A Novel
“I thought the curse of memory is this: Everything is ever present.”
― Violin
― Violin
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