The memoir is, at its core, an act of resurrection. Memoirists re-create the past, reconstruct dialogue. They summon meaning from events that have long been dormant. They braid the clays of memory and essay and fact and perception together,
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“Then Carol slipped her arm under her neck, and all the length of their bodies touched fitting as if something had prearranged it. Happiness was like a green vine spreading through her, stretching fine tendrils, bearing flowers through her flesh. She had a vision of a pale white flower, shimmering as if seen in darkness, or through water. Why did people talk of heaven, she wondered”
― The Price of Salt
― The Price of Salt
“Do you like her'
''Of course!' What a question! Like asking her if she believe in God.”
― The Price of Salt
''Of course!' What a question! Like asking her if she believe in God.”
― The Price of Salt
“It always gets late with you. - Is that a compliment?”
― The Price of Salt
― The Price of Salt
“What was it to love someone, what was love exactly, and why did it end or not end? Those were the real questions, and who could answer them?”
― The Price of Salt
― The Price of Salt
“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.”
― Atlas Shrugged
― Atlas Shrugged
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