“There was a time when I didn’t at any minute have the slightest idea how I could reach the next one. Yes, one can wage war in this world, ape love, torture one’s fellow man, or merely say evil of one’s neighbour while knitting. But, in certain cases, carrying on, merely continuing, is superhuman.”
―
―
“a przecież kupowałem w salonach sztuki
pudry mikstury maście
szminki na szlachetność
przykładałem do oczu marmur zieleń Veronese'a
Mozartem nacierałem uszy
doskonaliłem nozdrza wonią starych książek”
―
pudry mikstury maście
szminki na szlachetność
przykładałem do oczu marmur zieleń Veronese'a
Mozartem nacierałem uszy
doskonaliłem nozdrza wonią starych książek”
―
“Pride and hope and desire like crushed herbs in his heart sent up vapours of maddening incense before the eyes of his mind.”
― A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
― A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
“The only reason I have lived so long is that I let go of my past. Shut the door on grief on regret on remorse. If I let them in, just one self-indulgent crack, whap, the door will fling open gales of pain ripping through my heart blinding my eyes with shame breaking cups and bottles knocking down jars shattering windows stumbling bloody on spilled sugar and broken glass terrified gagging until with a final shudder and sob I shut the heavy door. Pick up the pieces one more time.”
― A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories
― A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories
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