Annabelle

“Everything I’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it.”
― David Foster Wallace

“I read once that certain musical compositions (by Bach? by Beethoven? I forget) sounded like the efforts of the human soul to explain itself to God. If ever I find my perfect combination of brown and lilac, I’ll feel as though I’ve thus explained myself.”
― Gerald Murnane, Something for the Pain: A Memoir of the Turf

“Art will wake you up. Art will break your heart. There will be glorious days. If you want eternity, you must be fearless.”
― Heather Rose, The Museum of Modern Love

“There’s strength in observing one’s miniaturization. That you are insignificant and prone to, and God knows, dumb about a lot. Because doesn’t smallness prime us to eventually take up space? For instance, the momentum gained from reading a great book. After after, sitting, sleeping, living in its consequence. A book that makes you feel, finally, latched on.”
― Durga Chew-Bose, Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays