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"One of the things I enjoyed most about this collection is how naturally the author moves between humor and reflection. A story like Roommates captures the messy reality of shared living with a sharp sense of observation, while others slow down and fo"
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“On my first night back in the desert I dreamed that in the future, scientists carbon dated my memories and determined the last six years of my life never existed. It was glorious. A total lie, but glorious.”
― Wild Asses of the Mojave Desert
― Wild Asses of the Mojave Desert
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“For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror
which we are barely able to endure, and it amazes us so,
because it serenely disdains to destroy us.
Every angel is terrible.”
― Duino Elegies
which we are barely able to endure, and it amazes us so,
because it serenely disdains to destroy us.
Every angel is terrible.”
― Duino Elegies
“Perhaps everybody has a garden of Eden, I don't know; but they have scarcely seen their garden before they see the flaming sword. Then, perhaps, life only offers the choice of remembering the garden or forgetting it. Either, or: it takes strength to remember, it takes another kind of strength to forget, it takes a hero to do both. People who remember court madness through pain, the pain of the perpetually recurring death of their innocence; people who forget court another kind of madness, the madness of the denial of pain and the hatred of innocence; and the world is mostly divided between madmen who remember and madmen who forget. Heroes are rare.”
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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“I didn't fall in love with you. I walked into love with you, with my eyes wide open, choosing to take every step along the way. I do believe in fate and destiny, but I also believe we are only fated to do the things that we'd choose anyway. And I'd choose you; in a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I'd find you and I'd choose you”
― The Chaos of Stars
― The Chaos of Stars
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The Joan Silber novel. It is six stories in one. I just love that book. I have my original hardback copy I purchased years after it came out. I can see it from here on the shelf. I just love that book. It stayed with me the same way The English Patient does.
I don't typically accept author friendvites if I don't know them (because too many just want to use it as a marketing ploy) but I love your answer to the "Marry me?" question. :) Also, it turns out there are at least 3 books titled "Size of the World" and now I'm wondering which one you meant!ETA: never mind, I found it on your GR bookshelves!
Hi Lis, thanks for the friendvite. Nice to meet you.
