“And at the end of his letter one terrible sentence.
'If I loved you I would have written differently.”
― Too Much Happiness: Stories
'If I loved you I would have written differently.”
― Too Much Happiness: Stories
“He said that we had just had an argument, what more did I want?
It was too polite, I said.”
― Dear Life
It was too polite, I said.”
― Dear Life
“The images, the language, of pornography, and romance are alike; monotonous and mechanically seductive, quickly leading to despair.”
― The Moons of Jupiter
― The Moons of Jupiter
“It’s just life. You can’t beat life.”
― Away from Her
― Away from Her
“As soon as a man and woman of almost any age are alone together within four walls it is assumed that anything may happen. Spontaneous combustion, instant fornication, triumph of the senses. What possibilities men and women must see in each other to infer such dangers. Or, believing in the dangers, how often they must think about the possibilities.”
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