When I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven in the age of the romantics
There are some things too dreadful to be revealed, and it is even more dreadful how, in spite of our better instincts,we long to know about them.
She set about preparing her supper. It would have to be one of those classically simple meals, the sort that French peasants are said to eat and that enlightened English people sometimes enjoy rather self-consciously - a crusty French loaf, cheese, and lettuce and tomatoes from the garden. Of course there should have been wine and a lovingly prepared dressing of oil and vinegar, but Dulcie drank orange squash and ate mayonnaise that came from a bottle.
I imagine the proverb about too many cooks spoiling the broth can be applied to writing as well as anything else. The poetical or literary broth is better cooked by one person.
Novel writing is a kind of private pleasure, even if nothing comes of it in worldly terms.
How absurd and delicious it is to be in love with somebody younger than yourself. Everybody should try it.
The small things of life were often so much bigger than the great things. . . the trivial pleasure like cooking, one's home, little poems especially sad ones, solitary walks, funny things seen and overheard.
I wish we didn't live in a world where buying and selling things seems to have become almost more important than either producing or using them.
Since the Lord will not force you to learn, you must exercise your agency to authorize the Spirit to teach you.
Fine. Let’s begin with something even you can’t screw up. ” – Death “Way to build up my crappy confidence there. You should volunteer for the suicide hotline. ” – Nick “What makes you think I don’t?” – Death
If you can be funny, it means you're intelligent. Your brain is working fast.