The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 8

by Beth Brower

“Don’t sneer at empires that accomplished far more than you ever will,

Question: Ought I read the papers more than I do? Answer: Likely. However: Books.

One’s anonymity is not a thing to give away.

my worry moved to a smaller place.

ground?” Islington: “One wanders. And then one is found.”

This is a place that knows every old thing.

one can love many places and still miss home.

keep up. Islington and Hawkes fell into quiet step behind us—the sort of solidarity where nothing is asked but everything is given.

“Only life does not play lightly with its human pieces.”