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philosophy is harder when you’re cold and hungry.
Her absence was like a presence, but Father’s grief was like a huge sucking whirlpool that threatened to sweep everything up and carry it away.
said. “I want to see something that isn’t just this island.” “So do I,” I said.
“Read. Write. Learn.”
You have a womb and can grow a new person. I can’t.”
people ought to do and making more art instead of squabbling over the art we had.
that was the work that needed to be done.
“We need to stop fighting about art and concentrate on increasing our excellence,” Father
I’d never really considered that peace isn’t just the absence of war but an active positive force.