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“All this is a response, Ulysses, it's not more complicated than that. Of course, we can then throw in execution of the craft, how well one paints, and the history of the piece, its provenance, and we can come up with value. Always the value for me will be response. How it moves one.”
― Still Life
― Still Life
“These were just inventions, of course, and she [Isabelle] lived knowing, quite well, that such things were not promised to her. She might hope for more but had long ago learned to live with whatever came to pass. Yet sometimes--just sometimes--hope was enough.”
― The Sweetness of Water
― The Sweetness of Water
“You don't need to have it all. You only need to figure out how much is enough.”
― Notes on an Execution
― Notes on an Execution
“But such memories are woven from gossamer threads; time eats holes in the fabric, and these she must darn with myth and fable.”
― The Covenant of Water
― The Covenant of Water
“...each day of each year, a man might imagine a tree in his mind. The tree, upon doing good in the world, could grow strong and thick, but with each poor decision, rot would start to sprout -- gnarled roots at its base, limp branches that snapped with the lightest touch. At the end of any given period -- a month, a year -- it was wise to consider the growth of one's tree, and the decisions you had made that led it there. It was yours to let grow or die.”
― The Sweetness of Water
― The Sweetness of Water
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