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“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
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“My parents gave me the gift of irreligion, of growing up without bothering to ask people what gods they held dear, assuming that in fact, like my parents, they weren't interested in gods, and that this uninterest was 'normal.' You may argue that the gift was a poisoned chalice, but even if so, that's a cup from which I'd happily drink again.”
― The Ground Beneath Her Feet
― The Ground Beneath Her Feet
“A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.”
― Lady Chatterley's Lover
― Lady Chatterley's Lover
“Music, love, death. Certainly a triangle of sorts; maybe even an eternal one.
"The only people who can see the whole picture," he murmured, "are the ones who step out of the frame." (The ground beneath her feet.)”
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"The only people who can see the whole picture," he murmured, "are the ones who step out of the frame." (The ground beneath her feet.)”
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“Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep breath before you begin talking. Aim for the stars. Keep grinning. Be bloody-minded. Argue with the world. And never forget that writing is as close as we get to keeping a hold on the thousand and one things--childhood, certainties, cities, doubts, dreams, instants, phrases, parents, loves--that go on slipping , like sand, through our fingers.”
― Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991
― Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991
Phyllis’s 2025 Year in Books
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