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Geral(dine)
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finished: 7) Shit
Escaping to the dogs & into his head
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"For weeks I'd been slipping away, not into the woods as they thought, but down on my hands and knees into Flossie's warren, a wooden box six by three by three."
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"I am aware of beauty flooding me like a balm, illuminating my insides, making me clean."
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"The discovery that the dogs, like humans, could not be taken for granted was hard for me."
— Dec 26, 2025 02:22AM
Escaping to the dogs & into his head
100
"For weeks I'd been slipping away, not into the woods as they thought, but down on my hands and knees into Flossie's warren, a wooden box six by three by three."
101
"I am aware of beauty flooding me like a balm, illuminating my insides, making me clean."
105
"The discovery that the dogs, like humans, could not be taken for granted was hard for me."
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Geral(dine)
is on page 230 of 288
Page 230
"I read very fast, uncritically, and without retention, seeking only to escape from my own life through the imaginative plunge into another(...) It was around this time that I first thought of becoming a writer. In a cheap novel the hero was asked his profession at a cocktail party. "I'm a novelist" he said, and I remember putting the book down and thinking, my God what a beautiful thing to be able to say."
— 35 minutes ago
"I read very fast, uncritically, and without retention, seeking only to escape from my own life through the imaginative plunge into another(...) It was around this time that I first thought of becoming a writer. In a cheap novel the hero was asked his profession at a cocktail party. "I'm a novelist" he said, and I remember putting the book down and thinking, my God what a beautiful thing to be able to say."
Geral(dine)
is on page 200 of 288
finished: 13) Death by Itself
Page 200
"On the street, out of nowhere, desire swept me away. I wanted to live. I wanted to see something beautiful. Or to die. Anything definite, anything clear, visible and tangible, like dying, or saving someone's life, or being kissed by Jean Simmons."
— 2 hours, 10 min ago
Page 200
"On the street, out of nowhere, desire swept me away. I wanted to live. I wanted to see something beautiful. Or to die. Anything definite, anything clear, visible and tangible, like dying, or saving someone's life, or being kissed by Jean Simmons."
Geral(dine)
is on page 194 of 288
finished: 12) Nights Away from Home
Page 186 - for the baby
"(...) Jessica was the only complete and uncomplicated love in my life, (....) that it was love and not lack of courage, forcing me to capitulate. Thus works the mind of a child, always a bit behind the world, swamped with emotion, and innocent of its own cunning."
— 2 hours, 26 min ago
Page 186 - for the baby
"(...) Jessica was the only complete and uncomplicated love in my life, (....) that it was love and not lack of courage, forcing me to capitulate. Thus works the mind of a child, always a bit behind the world, swamped with emotion, and innocent of its own cunning."
Geral(dine)
is on page 176 of 288
finished: 11) Blindman's Buff
Page 170 - last ditch effort
"Within me a sadness had given way to hopelessness, when faith has evaporated and the imagination is dead, when life seems to have come finally and irrevocably to a standstill. (.....)"
— 3 hours, 4 min ago
Page 170 - last ditch effort
"Within me a sadness had given way to hopelessness, when faith has evaporated and the imagination is dead, when life seems to have come finally and irrevocably to a standstill. (.....)"
Geral(dine)
is on page 167 of 288
Quotes - About Jean (the born yapper :D)
Page 167
"For an oral maniac the chance to pour word-magic into fresh and captive ears satisfies a need as deep as sex. His delight in himself was reborn."
(...)
He was always above his work, the secret possessor of an inner wealth untouched by the world --- his image of himself."
— 3 hours, 8 min ago
Page 167
"For an oral maniac the chance to pour word-magic into fresh and captive ears satisfies a need as deep as sex. His delight in himself was reborn."
(...)
He was always above his work, the secret possessor of an inner wealth untouched by the world --- his image of himself."
Geral(dine)
is on page 155 of 288
Quotes - About his Baby Sister
Page 154
"When she came home her utter helplessness shocked me into loving her. She seemed the quintessence of mortality."
Page 155
"Jessica simply existed, and no matter how hard I looked, that was all I ever knew. There seemed to be no point to her except the fact that she lived."
— 3 hours, 11 min ago
Page 154
"When she came home her utter helplessness shocked me into loving her. She seemed the quintessence of mortality."
Page 155
"Jessica simply existed, and no matter how hard I looked, that was all I ever knew. There seemed to be no point to her except the fact that she lived."
Geral(dine)
is on page 153 of 288
finished: 10) The Coldness of Public Places
Page 143
"I could not resist the clarity of the world of books, the incredibly satisfying way in which life became weighty and accessible. Books were reality. I hadn't made up my mind about my own life, a vague, dreamy affair, amorphous and dimly perceived, without beginning or end."
— Dec 27, 2025 06:25AM
Page 143
"I could not resist the clarity of the world of books, the incredibly satisfying way in which life became weighty and accessible. Books were reality. I hadn't made up my mind about my own life, a vague, dreamy affair, amorphous and dimly perceived, without beginning or end."
