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“I demand wisdom from my fingers: at least they must sound human, and not like spoons and forks! The piano, however, is not a human being. It lies halfway between a friend and a rock. More responsive than a rock. More predictable than a friend.”
― Figure It Out
― Figure It Out
“She would tell me parts of her story, but they never added up, and, intoxicated, I probed no further. I was grateful that Moira Orfei was endless, and that she never told me the true story of her difficult life.”
― Circus: Or, Moira Orfei in Aigues-Mortes
― Circus: Or, Moira Orfei in Aigues-Mortes
“All at once, a deep sadness descended. Why hadn't I known that such possibilities existed before? Why was my childhood a series of miseries and only in my most recent phase of adulthood did delight pop up?
Well, isn't queer adulthood, if one is lucky, having the impossible childhood of your desires?”
― Future Feeling
Well, isn't queer adulthood, if one is lucky, having the impossible childhood of your desires?”
― Future Feeling
“Later I will systemize my impossible subject, but for the moment I want to enjoy a tentative movement between its different chambers. I am not certain which are important and which are extraneous. Nor am I certain whether this topic is one that I have the strength to pursue.”
― Figure It Out
― Figure It Out
“I tend to join trends as they're cresting— I told you I was cursed with the initials F.A.D. Astrology's gone in and out of style before; right now, it's peaking in popularity, because people are desperate for a meaning system more nourishing than capitalism.”
― Exquisite Mariposa
― Exquisite Mariposa
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Art, Biography, Contemporary, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Memoir, Music, Non-fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction
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