Louise Kemp

“Grammar is a piano I play by ear.”
― Joan Didion, Joan Didion: Essays & Conversations

“He was feeling buoyant, flexible. He wanted to go jogging. He stood. He couldn't go jogging. He called room service and ordered a basket of breads and pastries.”
― Dave Eggers, A Hologram for the King

“Your life has been lived a hundred times. A thousand times. It's not all that great, really. Don't take it so seriously. Don't handle it so delicately.”
― Dave Eggers, You Shall Know Our Velocity!

“I was born into a town and a family and the town ad my family happened to me. I own none of it. It is everyone's. It is shareware. I like it, I like having been a part of it, I would kill or die to protect those who are part of it, but I don not claim exclusivity. Have it Take it from me. Do with is what you will. Make it useful. This is like making electricity from dirt; it is almost too good to be believed, that we can make beauty from this stuff.”
― Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius