The Larks Still Bravely Singing Quotes

“​I don’t think it is necessary to be unhappy to make art, but maybe it’s necessary to have been unhappy. Shadows create depth in a painting & bring out the light—chiaroscuro. ​Or maybe that’s wishful thinking. Maybe it’s only that I want unhappiness to be meaningful, because it seems too cruel if it’s pointless.”
― Aster Glenn Gray, The Larks Still Bravely Singing

“​I didn’t tell Eustace about my writing aspirations. It seems silly when the only thing thwarting them is my own difficulty in writing. I tell myself to be patient, & sometimes a field needs to lie fallow before it can bear again, etc., and I think that is true… but I also wonder how many aspiring artists of all kinds have told themselves this and lain fallow all their lives, when they could have done great things with a little more application.”
― Aster Glenn Gray, The Larks Still Bravely Singing

“​They were both gasping when David broke the kiss. Robert was still crying, and David was crying too. “You’re so stupid,” David gasped. ​“I know, I know.”
― Aster Glenn Gray, The Larks Still Bravely Singing

“David!” Robert shouted, and David fell silent, panting, his sides heaving like a frightened rabbit’s. “David,” Robert said more gently, and scooted to the edge of the bed, his hands held out to David. “David. Don’t you know I want you awfully?”
― Aster Glenn Gray, The Larks Still Bravely Singing

“​Robert had to pause to collect himself, so that he could speak of David Blaize like someone who liked the book a normal amount, rather than someone who loved it with a sick hurt love.”
― Aster Glenn Gray, The Larks Still Bravely Singing

“​Robert hoped that David would sit on the hassock; would have liked it, in fact, if David had sat down in his lap.”
― Aster Glenn Gray, The Larks Still Bravely Singing