“I saw William Blackett’s escaping sail already far from land, and Captain Littlepage was sitting behind his closed window as I passed by, watching for some one who never came. I tried to speak to him, but he did not see me. There was a patient look on the old man’s face, as if the world were a great mistake and he had nobody with whom to speak his own language or find companionship.”
― The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories
― The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories
“Dive deep. Drown willingly”
― White: The Great Pursuit
― White: The Great Pursuit
“A person who doesn't learn from the past is an idiot, in my estimation.”
― 11/22/63
― 11/22/63
“Like all sweet dreams, it will be brief, but brevity makes sweetness, doesn't it?”
― 11/22/63
― 11/22/63
“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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