“In the eternal lazy morning of the Pacific, days slip away into months, months into years; the seasons are reduced to the faintest nuance by the great central fact of the sunshine; one might pass a lifetime, it seems, between two yawns, lying bronzed and naked in the sand.” YearsTwoFactsSeemsMightLyingMorningMonthsEternalSeasonsLifetimeNakedSandLazySunshineLos AngelesSlipsPacificNuance Author:Christopher Isherwood
“Hollywood's two polar types are the cynically drunken writer aggressively nursing a ten-year-old reputation and the theatrically self-conscious hermit who strides the boulevard in sandals, home-made shorts and a prophetic beard, muttering against the Age of the Machines.” YearsMadeTwoSelfHomeAgeTypeTenConsciousHollywoodMachinesReputationLos AngelesBeardNursingSelf ConsciousStridePropheticShortsHermitsSandalsBoulevardMuttering Book:Exhumations: Stories, Articles, Verses Source: Exhumations: Stories, Articles, Verses
“I'm horrified to find, as I look at these diaries of twenty-five years ago or more, that I don't remember who the people were. "Bill and Tony were constantly in and out. We went to La Jolla" - or something. I haven't the bluest idea who they were!” PeopleYearsLooksIdeasRememberFiveHavensYears AgoTwentiesBillsFive YearsDiariesTwenty Five Author:Christopher Isherwood
“But now isn’t simply now. Now is also a cold reminder: one whole day later than yesterday, one year later than last year. Every now is labeled with its date, rendering all past nows obsolete, until — later of sooner — perhaps — no, not perhaps — quite certainly: it will come.” YearsWholeLastsPastColdYesterdayLast YearRemindersObsoleteRendering Author:Christopher Isherwood
“Think of two people, living together day after day, year after year, in this small space, standing elbow to elbow cooking at the same small stove, squeezing past each other on the narrow stairs, shaving in front of the same small bathroom mirror, constantly jogging, jostling, bumping against each other’s bodies by mistake or on purpose, sensually, aggressively, awkwardly, impatiently, in rage or in love – think what deep though invisible tracks they must leave, everywhere, behind them!” PeopleThinkingYearsTwoBodyTogetherPastPurposeSpaceBehindsMistakeFrontsStandingMirrorsCookingTrackRageInvisibleBathroomStairsElbowsJoggingStovesLiving TogetherShavingSqueezingSmall Spaces Book:Where Joy Resides: An Isherwood Reader Source: Where Joy Resides: An Isherwood Reader
