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“I tell you this true story just to prove that I can. That my frailty has not yet reached a point at which I can no longer tell a true story.”
― Blue Nights
― Blue Nights
“Happiness was like a green vine spreading through her, stretching fine tendrils, bearing flowers through her flesh.”
― The Price of Salt
― The Price of Salt
“I start to picture a world where Jesus had been killed using a different murder device. I picture little ceramic guillotine figurines. I imagine miniature nooses hung above children's beds. Electric chair necklaces and earrings.”
― Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead
― Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead
“I am what I am. To look for reasons is beside the point.”
― Play It As It Lays
― Play It As It Lays
“In fact I no longer value this kind of memento.
I no longer want reminders of what was, what got broken, what got lost, what got wasted.
There was a period, a long period, dating from my childhood until quite recently, when I thought I did.
A period during which I believed that I could keep people fully present, keep them with me, by preserving their mementos, their "things," their totems.”
― Blue Nights
I no longer want reminders of what was, what got broken, what got lost, what got wasted.
There was a period, a long period, dating from my childhood until quite recently, when I thought I did.
A period during which I believed that I could keep people fully present, keep them with me, by preserving their mementos, their "things," their totems.”
― Blue Nights
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