“You used to say. "Desire doubled is love and love doubled is madness."
Madness doubled is marriage
I added
when the caustic was cool, not intending to produce
a golden rule.”
― The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos
Madness doubled is marriage
I added
when the caustic was cool, not intending to produce
a golden rule.”
― The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos
“We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words.”
― The French Lieutenant’s Woman
― The French Lieutenant’s Woman
“You do not even think of your own past as quite real; you dress it up, you gild it or blacken it, censor it, tinker with it...fictionalize it, in a word, and put it away on a shelf - your book, your romanced autobiography. We are all in the flight from the real reality. That is the basic definition of Homo sapiens.”
― The French Lieutenant’s Woman
― The French Lieutenant’s Woman
“Samuel Beckett once said, "Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness."
...On the other hand, he SAID it.”
― Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
...On the other hand, he SAID it.”
― Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
“she smiled at him, and at her own fears.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
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