“America is the original version of modernity. We are the dubbed or subtitled version. America ducks the question of origins; it cultivates no origin or mythical authenticity; it has no past and no founding truth. Having known no primitive accumulation of time, it lives in a perpetual present.”
― América
― América
“I see that you are highly defensive." . . .
Caro said, "I withhold my analysis of your own attitude.”
― The Transit of Venus
Caro said, "I withhold my analysis of your own attitude.”
― The Transit of Venus
“Love is so short, forgetting is so long.”
― Love: Ten Poems
― Love: Ten Poems
“When you realize someone is trying to hurt you, it hurts less."
"Unless you love them.”
― The Transit of Venus
"Unless you love them.”
― The Transit of Venus
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