“Neither of us had mentioned the word abortion, not even once. This thing had no place in language.”
― Happening
― Happening
“I found another girl to pose for Myrto and then I didn't think about Rafaela much, not until a spring day years later. Or rather, I thought about her with an occasional, impersonal pang. Have you ever had a favorite cafe close? It was like that.”
― The Last Nude
― The Last Nude
“I am every story I’ve ever read and every word I’ve ever written... I am every man who’s ever hurt me, and the quiet hope that we’ve only got to get it right once.”
― Places I Stopped on the Way Home: A Memoir of Chaos and Grace
― Places I Stopped on the Way Home: A Memoir of Chaos and Grace
“Gardening is the handiest excuse for being a philosopher. Nobody guesses, nobody accuses, nobody knows, but there you are, Plato in the peonies, Socrates force-growing his own hemlock. A man toting a sack of blood manure across his lawn is kin to Atlas letting the world spin easy on his shoulder.”
― Dandelion Wine
― Dandelion Wine
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