“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
“Beautiful art opens our eyes to the beauty of the world, Ulysses. It repositions our sight and judgement. Captures forever that which is fleeting.”
― Still Life
― Still Life
“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
“There are moments in life, so monumental and still, that the memory can never be retrieved without a catch to the throat or an interruption to the beat of the heart. Can never be retrieved without the rumbling disquiet of how close that moment came to not having happened at all.”
― Still Life
― Still Life
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