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“He was like a freezer item that had thawed too quickly on the outside and was melting everywhere, while the inside was still frozen solid. Somehow he was expressing more emotion than at any time in his life before, while simultaneously feeling less, feeling nothing.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“My favorite poem, the one by Li Shang-Yin: When Will I Be Home? When will I be home? I don’t know. In the mountains, in the rainy night, The Autumn lake is flooded. Someday we will be back together again. We will sit in the candlelight by the West window. And I will tell you how I remembered you Tonight on the stormy mountain.”
― The Dog Stars
― The Dog Stars
“Fearing that I might not be a jewel, I made no effort to polish myself; but half-believing that I might be a jewel, I could not rest content among the common clay.”
― The Moon over the Mountain
― The Moon over the Mountain
“Boredom is the only real tragedy for a writer; everything else is material.”
― Less
― Less
“How the dead must cringe at our resistance to look as if we've lived.”
― I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems
― I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems
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