Duplicate Keys Quotes

“...but from this distance, the velvety reds, flashing yellows and glassy whites [of the roses] seemed to break up the light of the summer sun into its various elements and cast it back far more brilliantly than any other flower ever could, seemed not exactly of the earth, but of space and air itself.”
― Jane Smiley, Duplicate Keys

“Didn't you love it, really? Didn't friendship seem like the great immensity that would never be exhausted or used up? There was always someone to talk to, always someone attractive, always someone who had a different perspective on your cantankerous spouse."
"Always someone whose food you could eat without asking and whose records and books you could take."
"And whose clothes you could wear."
"And whose bed you could pass out in."
"And whom you didn't have to worry about not touching. Or touching. Don't you miss it?”
― Jane Smiley, Duplicate Keys

“Laura's gossip was redeemed by its lack of spite. She was warmly objective about every event, taking endless delight in action and complexity, as if she had been bed-ridden in a small windowless room for years and was just now discovering the dramatic possibilities of daily life. She sang Alice through the day.”
― Jane Smiley, Duplicate Keys