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“Tears have a better character cried alone. Pity can sometimes be more wolf than dog.”
― On Canaan's Side
― On Canaan's Side
“Tricky the paths a long love might follow, like the spiral down twists of a raindrop on a windowpane.”
― City of Bohane
― City of Bohane
“It is always worth itemizing happiness, there is so much of the other thing in a life, you had better put down the markers of happiness while you can.”
― The Secret Scripture
― The Secret Scripture
“There is such solace in the mere sight of water. It clothes us delicately in its blowing salt and scent, gossamer items that medicate the poor soul”
― On Canaan's Side
― On Canaan's Side
“Oh give us a grim Tuesday of December, with the hardwind taking schleps at our heads, and the rain coming slantways off that hideous fucking ocean, and the grapes nearly frozen off us, and dirty ice caked up top of the puddles, and we are not happy, exactly, but satisfied in our despair.”
― City of Bohane
― City of Bohane
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