Allie Dechow
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where secret things awaited inquiry. What kind of things? you might ask. But, of course, I did not know.’
“For these writers, attention was a form of devotion and noticing continuous with worship.”
― The Wild Places
― The Wild Places
“Letters are structures, not events. Yours give me a place to live inside.”
― This is How You Lose the Time War
― This is How You Lose the Time War
“If one wants to reactivate this history, it needs to be different.”
― Duty Free Art: Art in the Age of Planetary Civil War
― Duty Free Art: Art in the Age of Planetary Civil War
“(For it is a curious fact that though human beings have such imperfect means of communication, that they can only say ‘good to eat’ when they mean ‘beautiful’ and the other way about, they will yet endure ridicule and misunderstanding rather than keep any experience to themselves.)”
― Virginia Woolf: The Complete Collection
― Virginia Woolf: The Complete Collection
“Longing, this longing to possess, to become, to break like a wave on a rock and reform, and break again, and wash away. This is a necessary part of any ecosystem, but it unsettles others, this inability to be satisfied.”
― This is How You Lose the Time War
― This is How You Lose the Time War
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