Lament for Julia, and Other Stories Quotes

“The heart could never be blank, though it might be empty, or void. There were better words than blank. Vacant conjured rooms, deserted houses. Blank was a flat word, flat as a page. Void had depth; it was dark, or a foggy white. Empty pertained most to the heart. Marianna was not sure that she had a heart.”
― Susan Taubes, Lament for Julia, and Other Stories