was never attracted to paradises flowing with milk and honey, but I envied Hansel and Gretel their gingerbread house: if only the universe we inhabit were completely edible, I used to think, what power we would have over it!
Táliahas quoted2 years ago
Suddenly the future existed; it would turn me into another being, someone who would still be, and yet no longer seem, myself.
Táliahas quoted2 years ago
It was an excuse to peruse old journals and letters, to go back to the library and look at newspapers from her childhood, to reread the books that had influenced her as a girl, to swap memories with her sister, and her childhood friends.
Táliahas quoted2 years ago
Sartre reminded her that the most deeply personal writing was also the most universal.
Táliahas quoted2 years ago
There was no longer any God to love me, but I should have the undying love of millions of hearts. By writing a work based on my own experience I would re-create myself and justify my existence. At the same time I would be serving humanity: What more beautiful gift could I make it than the books I would write?
Táliahas quoted2 years ago
Suddenly the future existed; it would turn me into another being, someone who would still be, and yet no longer seem, myself.
Эмиль Хафизовhas quoted2 years ago
One aspiring sleeper posted a note on his door each night before going to bed that read: THE POET IS WORKING
Táliahas quoted2 years ago
They would like to pause time – just here, just now, in this park, this gorgeous afternoon light.
Светлана Яковенкоhas quotedlast year
The sky is the colour of 1936 and the sky is the colour of October