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Diane Ackerman
“On the other hand, one can turn bronco riding into drudgery. One can create mildly. One can live at a low flame. Most people do. We’re afraid to look foolish, or feel too extravagantly, or make a mistake, or risk unnecessary pain. One fears intensity. But, given something like death, what does it matter if one looks foolish now and then, or tried too hard, or cares too deeply? A shallow life creates a world as flat as a shadow. In that half-light, the sun never burns, risks recede, safety becomes habit, and individuals have little to teach one another.”
Diane Ackerman, Deep Play

Tig Notaro
“When you think you have all the time in the world, hanging up on a loved one seems fine, something to fix later.”
Tig Notaro, I'm Just a Person

Connie Willis
“None of the things one frets about ever happen. Something one's never thought of does.”
Connie Willis, Doomsday Book

Silvina Ocampo
“Lo más terrible es sentir en nuestra vida, en la que todo parece repetirse, la incapacidad de volver a escribir un cuento que hemos perdido.”
Silvina Ocampo, Cornelia frente al espejo

Olivia Manning
“They have,’ she said, ‘the uniformity of their insecurity.”
Olivia Manning, Fortunes of War: The Balkan Trilogy

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