“The living bird is not its labeled bones.”
― The Blind Assassin
― The Blind Assassin
“I like revisiting, at certain times, spots where I was once happy; I like to shape the present in the image of the irretrievable past.”
― White Nights
― White Nights
“Sometimes it's about playing a poor hand well.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
“The dreamer—if you want an exact definition—is not a human being, but a creature of an intermediate sort.”
― White Nights
― White Nights
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