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“For we live with those retrievals from childhood that coalesce and echo throughout our lives, the way shattered pieces of glass in a kaleidoscope reappear in new forms and are songlike in their refrains and rhymes, making up a single monologue. We live permanently in the recurrence of our own stories, whatever story we tell.”
― Divisadero
― Divisadero
“True enough,” said Mrs. Copperfield, bringing her fist down on the table and looking very mean. “I have gone to pieces, which is a thing I’ve wanted to do for years. I know I am as guilty as I can be, but I have my happiness, which I guard like a wolf, and I have authority now and a certain amount of daring, which, if you remember correctly, I never had before.”
― Two Serious Ladies
― Two Serious Ladies
“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”
― The Hours
― The Hours
“She wasn't a person to whom things happen. She did all the happenings.”
― Aiding and Abetting
― Aiding and Abetting
“Where men can't live gods fare no better.”
― The Road
― The Road
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