“It was a mistake to think of houses, old houses, as being empty. They were filled with memories, with the faded echoes of voices. Drops of tears, drops of blood, the ring of laughter, the edge of tempers that had ebbed and flowed between the walls, into the walls, over the years.
Wasn't it, after all, a kind of life?
And there were houses, he knew it, that breathed. They carried in their wood and stone, their brick and mortar a kind of ego that was nearly, very nearly, human.”
― Key of Knowledge
Wasn't it, after all, a kind of life?
And there were houses, he knew it, that breathed. They carried in their wood and stone, their brick and mortar a kind of ego that was nearly, very nearly, human.”
― Key of Knowledge
“Some of these things are true and some of them lies. But they are all good stories.”
― Wolf Hall
― Wolf Hall
“Is the love you have for me, and the feelings I have for you forever parallel, with no chance of intersecting?”
― No.6, Volume 8
― No.6, Volume 8
“Writing had never become routine for him, but remained a constant surprise. He was always surprised at how much fun it was, once it all got moving. And never failed to be surprised at how bloody hard it was. It was like having an intense, frustrating love affair with a capricious, gorgeous, and often mean-spirited woman.
He loved every moment of it.”
― Key of Knowledge
He loved every moment of it.”
― Key of Knowledge
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