Josee

“She would brush her hair and cry, just imagine, I was sure it was something psychological, something that could be cured by love, you know how difficult it is to realize that some pains can’t be cured by love?”
― Zeruya Shalev, Love Life

“Tu sais, je viens juste de voir que c'est l'automne et pourtant il y avait des tas de feuilles mortes dans la rue pour me le dire. Je ne pourrai pas poser mes lèvres sur tes bras avant le printemps.
Triste,non ?”
― Mihail Sebastian, La ville aux acacias

“Beneath the trees it was not dark as a room is dark when the lights are put out, the artificial darkness which comes when an artificial light is gone; it was the deep natural darkness which comes with a forsaking of natural light.”
― Shirley Jackson, Hangsaman

“In fear and pity I saw before me his big, beautiful body, hollow of sperm and eternally sad, and I was overcome with dread like a prophet whose mission had become clear to him, I had been chosen to fill the void in his body, to penetrate the smooth, dark, beloved skin and be swallowed up in the dark void as in an ancient cave, never to see the sunlight again.”
― Zeruya Shalev, Love Life